Bert Tabuai

Bert Tabuai (born 9 February 1974) is an Australian former rugby league footballer best known for his brief time playing for the North Queensland Cowboys.^[2]

Bert Tabuai

Personal information
Full name	Bert Tabuai
Born	(1974-02-09) 9 February 1974 (age 51) Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Position	Lock, Centre, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1996 Canberra Raiders 2 0 0 0 0 1997–98 North Qld Cowboys 10 1 0 0 4 Total 12 1 0 0 4
Source: [1] As of 15 January 2019

Playing career

In 1995, Tabuai played for the Canberra Raiders U21s which won the NSWRL Presidents Cup Championship and was coached by current Melbourne Storm- Craig Bellamy which is equivalent to the current NRL U20s competition. Tabuai made his first-grade debut in 1996 against the North Queensland Cowboys coming off the Bench winning 66-10. Tabuai played 2 first grade games with the Canberra Raiders. https://web.archive.org/web/20171208204606/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/bert-tubuai/summary.html

Tabuai played ten games for the Townsville-based North Queensland Cowboys commencing in their third season when they competed in the Super League competition in 1997.^[2]

Tabuai continued playing for the Cowboys in the following season when they competed in the inaugural season of the newly formed National Rugby League competition.^[2]

Tabuai played in the Centre, Second Row and Lock positions.^[3] Tabuai scored one try for the Cowboys, after coming off the bench in the Round 16 match against the Illawarra Steelers at Wollongong Showground on 28 June 1998.^[4]

Prior to playing professional rugby league, Tabuai lived in Rockhampton and attended North Rockhampton State High School.^[5] Tabuai also played six games for the Rockhampton's QRL team, the Central Queensland Capras.^[6]