Awen Guttenbeil
Personal information
Born	14 March 1976 (1976-03-14) (age 33)
	Whangarei, New Zealand
Playing information
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Position	Second-row, Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1996–2006	Warriors	170	15	0	0	60
2007–2008	Castleford	43	8	0	0	32
	Total	213	23	0	0	92
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1995–2008	Tonga	3	2	0	0	8
2002–2005	New Zealand	10	0	0	0	0
Source: RLP

Awen Guttenbeil is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer. He represented both the Tongan and New Zealand national sides in his long career and played in two World Cups. His position of preference was in the Second-Row.

[edit] Early years

Guttenbeil started his career playing for the Portland Panthers in Northland before moving to Auckland and playing for the Pt Chev Pirates alongside future Warriors teammate, Stacey Jones.^[1]

Guttenbeil then moved to Sydney and played lower grade football for the Manly Sea Eagles.

[edit] Warriors

Guttenbeil joined the Auckland Warriors in 1996 and made his first grade debut in round four of that year. In his early years Guttenbeil was plagued by injury but he went on to become one of the longest serving Warriors, playing eleven seasons with the club and became the second player to ever receive a testimonial from the club, the first being Stacey Jones.

[edit] Castleford

Guttenbeil signed with the Castleford Tigers for the 2006 season, expecting to play in the Super League. However Castleford were relegated, leaving doubts about Guttenbeils future. He decided to uphold his contract and held the Tigers seek promotion.^[2] Guttenbeil played in the National League 1 Grand Final in 2007 and scored 2 tried to help promote Castleford back to the Super League. In 2008 he was named one of the clubs co-captains, alongside Brent Sherwin.

Guttenbeil decided to retire after the 2008 season.^[3]

[edit] International

In 1995 Guttenbeil made his international debut, playing for Tonga in the 1995 World Cup.

He then switched his allegiance to New Zealand and was in line to play for the Kiwis in 1996 but injury ruled him out of his Kiwis debut that year. It was not until 2002 that Guttenbeil finally played in his first test match for New Zealand. He then went on to play in ten test matches for the Kiwis, playing his last in 2005.

In 2008 Guttenbeil again played for Tonga, competing in the 2008 World Cup.^[4][5]

[edit] Later years

Guttenbeil currently works as a broadcaster for SKY Network Television.

In 2010 he will coach the Pt Chev Pirates alongside Stacey Jones.^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Awen Guttenbeil bio at rugbyleague.co.nz
• Profile at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk