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Full name | George Turirua Lajpold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Turirua Lajpold[2] is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.
Lajpold played for the Randwick Kingfishers club in the Wellington Rugby League competition and represented Wellington.[3][4] He was selected for Central Districts in 1982. In 1987 he played for a New Zealand XIII before being selected to tour Australia with New Zealand. Lajpold sustained an injury when representing Wellington just prior to the tour. The injury was re-aggravated early in the tour and Lajpold returned to New Zealand. Lajpold also played 6 tests for his native country the Cook Islands in the Pacific Cup held in Rarotonga in 1986. Lajpold retired as a player in 1996 after 20 years of premier and representative league.[5][6]