Empowering Voices from the Past: The Playing Experiences of Retired Pasifika Rugby League Athletes in Australia

Lakisa, D; Teaiwa, K; Adair, D; Taylor, T

Empowering Voices from the Past: The Playing Experiences of Retired Pasifika Rugby League Athletes in Australia

Lakisa, D

Teaiwa, K Adair, D

Taylor, T

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Citation:: International Journal of the History of Sport, 2019, 36 (12), pp. 1096 - 1114
Issue Date:: 2019-08-13

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dc.contributor.author	Lakisa, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5556-3132	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Teaiwa, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Adair, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7998-3414	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Taylor, T https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8847-7692	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2020-04-24T05:46:06Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-24T05:46:06Z
dc.date.issued	2019-08-13	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of the History of Sport, 2019, 36 (12), pp. 1096 - 1114	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0952-3367	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/140276
dc.description.abstract	© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This research explores the lived experiences of 10 retired Pasifika (Pacific Islander and Māori) rugby league players who migrated to Australia after 1969. The careers of these Pacific Islander and Māori rugby league players were shaped by their migration experience, hopes for upward socio-economic mobility, the influence of familial motivations and journeys of personal growth amidst challenges and obstacles surrounding Pasifika cultural identity. In responding to leading Pacific scholar Epeli Hau'ofa's call for greater ‘Pacific empowerment’ both economically and geographically, this paper asserts that there is much to be (re)learned about Australian rugby league history by giving primacy to the voices of Pasifika pioneers. This research aims to help empower past, and to a lesser extent, rethink present, Pasifika voices in sport-related labour migration, and sport career experiences in rugby league. Mapping their experiences through Pasifika methodology, ‘talanoa’ (to converse or exchange ideas) and through the lens of a ‘cultural insider’, also allows better understanding of the cultural contexts of Pasifika players, their communities and their clubs. The findings from this paper are intended to fill the gap created by absent and much needed Pasifika sporting voices and perspectives in Australian sporting histories.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of the History of Sport	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/09523367.2019.1618835	en_US
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dc.title	Empowering Voices from the Past: The Playing Experiences of Retired Pasifika Rugby League Athletes in Australia	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This research explores the lived experiences of 10 retired Pasifika (Pacific Islander and Māori) rugby league players who migrated to Australia after 1969. The careers of these Pacific Islander and Māori rugby league players were shaped by their migration experience, hopes for upward socio-economic mobility, the influence of familial motivations and journeys of personal growth amidst challenges and obstacles surrounding Pasifika cultural identity. In responding to leading Pacific scholar Epeli Hau'ofa's call for greater ‘Pacific empowerment’ both economically and geographically, this paper asserts that there is much to be (re)learned about Australian rugby league history by giving primacy to the voices of Pasifika pioneers. This research aims to help empower past, and to a lesser extent, rethink present, Pasifika voices in sport-related labour migration, and sport career experiences in rugby league. Mapping their experiences through Pasifika methodology, ‘talanoa’ (to converse or exchange ideas) and through the lens of a ‘cultural insider’, also allows better understanding of the cultural contexts of Pasifika players, their communities and their clubs. The findings from this paper are intended to fill the gap created by absent and much needed Pasifika sporting voices and perspectives in Australian sporting histories.

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