Patrick Ah Van
Personal information
Nickname	Paddy
Born	17 March 1988 (1988-03-17) (age 21)
	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006–	New Zealand Warriors	53	15	5	0	70
As of 15 August 2009
Source: RLP

Patrick Ah Van (born 17 March 1988 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand professional rugby league player who currently plays in the National Rugby League for the New Zealand Warriors. His position of preference in on the wing.

[edit] Early years

Educated at Kelston Boys' High School, Ah Van played for the New Lynn Stags and Te Atatu Roosters in the Auckland Rugby League competition before playing for the Mount Albert Lions in the Bartercard Cup.

[edit] Warriors

Ah Van made his debut for the Warriors in 2006 against the Manly Sea Eagles. Since then he has played over thirty nine games for the club. In 2007 he also played for the Auckland Lions in the NSWRL Premier League and he played for the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup in 2009. In 2008, his third year at the club, he was still young enough to be eligible for the Toyota Cup team, and made ten appearances for the Junior Warriors.

[edit] International

Ah Van was a New Zealand representative from a young age. In 2002 and 2003 he made the New Zealand Under 16 side while in 2005 he played for both the Junior Kiwis and New Zealand Residents sides. He captained the Junior Kiwis in 2007.^[1]

In 2006 he was named in the New Zealand Kiwis training squad for the 2006 Rugby League Tri-Nations but had to withdraw due to injury.

He was named in the Samoa training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup but chose not to represent Samoa and was not selected in the final squad.^[2]

In 2009 he was named as part of the Samoan side for the Pacific Cup.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Patrick Ah Van Warriors Profile

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