Pita Ririnui played for the Manukau rugby league club in Auckland from 1938 to 1947 and represented Auckland from 1938 to 1945 as well as Auckland Māori from 1938 to 1945 and New Zealand Māori in 1947
Present day Tauranga Domain.
The 1939 touring New Zealand team with Ririnui in the back row, second from the right.
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The 1938 Auckland Rugby League season was its 30th. Marist Old Boys won their 3rd first grade title with their previous coming in 1924 and 1931.
Lawson Park in July 2021. The upper and lower fields with the 'grandstand' bank. In the background is the New Lynn RL club rooms.
Robert (Bob) Grotte, the Marist halfback.
George Nēpia debuted for Manukau at full back.
Frank Halloran, the Ponsonby halfback.