He could be a destructive player at times Kata, had the Polynesian sidestep down pact. Was a hungus close to the line but a strong runner. We had a few centres in that mould, never forget Hurrell running with legs raised and smashing Tupou’s teeth.
Player Ken Maumalo
- Thread starter Inruin
- Start date
- Full Name
- Ken Maumalo
- Date of Birth
- Jul 16, 1994
- Birth Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Nationality
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Height (cm)
- 191 cm
- Weight (kg)
- 114 kg
- Position/s
- Winger
- Warrior #
- 201
- NRL Debut Date
- May 16, 2015
- NRL Debut Details
- 2015, Round 10, New Zealand Warriors vs Parramatta Eels
- Warriors Debut Date
- May 16, 2015
- Warriors Debut Details
- 2015, Round 10, Parramatta Eels
- Warriors Years Active
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- College/s
- Southern Cross Campus
- Signed To
- Wests Tigers
- Junior Club/s
- Papatoetoe Panthers, Mangere East Hawks, Counties Manukau Stingrays
- Current Club
- Gold Coast Titans
- Rep Honours
- NZ
- Samoa
- Awards/Honours
- Dally M (Positional Award)
- Status
- Retired
- Rugby League Project
- https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/ken-maumalo/summary.html
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I always played left or fullback… however in the poorer rugby code unfortunately.
Tupou married a girl I grew up with- meet him at a wedding once and asked him about that- said he just put his head in the wrong place.
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Titans release Ken Maumalo, effective immediately
He is a former Dally M Winger of the Year.
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Forgot he was at the Titans. Will never forget his last game with us...
Too slow, not athletic enough.
Would have helped if he lost 5kgs and gained some speed. Used all his younger years as a battering ram.
He probably should have gone to UK to make some cash. At 30-31 might not be much left for him.
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He was so good in 2019 sad what happened the new rules didn't help his career
Nice career Maumalo, but there should be no way the warriors should even throw him a cup lifeline.
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Got a soft spot for big Ken and it can’t be denied he did have a couple of great years but always looked like an impact forward masquerading as a winger to me.
My last impression of Ken wasn’t positive
Watched him at MSS against the Storm back in the day, where he just stood on the wing with a big sulky look and refused to get involved. His other winger Fus was just as bad. Body language was all wrong. Glad those days are behind us…
Watched him at MSS against the Storm back in the day, where he just stood on the wing with a big sulky look and refused to get involved. His other winger Fus was just as bad. Body language was all wrong. Glad those days are behind us…
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SJ effect.
I think a lot of these boys survived on pure natural talent, then minor niggles, lose 1% of speed or teams study some tape. These help to negate what makes them good.
Again just my opinion but a lot of them never had the work ethic or the desire to work in face of adversity. We've had so many of these players and unless they go early to other clubs (paps, Katoa) then they don't grow. This is a fault of our pathways until now I think.
Fus, Konny, Ken, Kata I feel all fell in this category. I am sure there are more, but after working this, these 4 players are all in the same kind of era, so maybe it is the coaching/management?
Anyways, hope Ken goes well.
I've said it before but I think the Maumalo we saw in 2019 was one of the most improved players we've ever seen at the club. He went from a guy who looked uncoordinated to being one of the best finishers in the comp. Unfortunately, after he left the team in Australia to come home he regressed just as fast
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