{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Joe Duffey | image = | birth_name = Joseph Duffey | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|6|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Gisborne, New Zealand | height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|104|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/leicester_tigers.php?section=1 |title=Aviva Premiership Rugby - Gloucester Rugby |work=web page |publisher=Premier Rugby |accessdate=3 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616063525/http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/leicester_tigers.php?section=1 |archivedate=16 June 2012 }}</ref> | nickname = | school =G.B.H.S | relatives = | position = Hooker | years1 = 2003–2009 | clubs1 = Nottingham | apps1 = 152 | points1 = 175 | years2 = 2009–2011 | clubs2 = Leicester Tigers | apps2 = 12 | points2 = 0 | years3 = 2011–2013 | clubs3 = Nottingham | apps3 = 53 | points3 = 20 | totalyears= 2003–2013 | totalapps = 217 | totalpoints = 195 }}
'''Joe Duffey''' (born 22 June 1982) is a retired rugby union player who played hooker for Nottingham RFC in the RFU Championship between 2003 and 2009, then again between 2011 and 2013, he played for Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby between 2009 and 2011. He is Maori descent from his mother's side and belongs to Te aitanga a Hauiti, Ngati Hei and Ngati Porou Iwi and also Irish/English descent from his father's side.
== Career ==
Duffey spent five seasons at Nottingham RFC before joining Leicester Tigers in the summer of 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7871788.stm |title=Hooker Duffey to join Leicester |publisher=BBC |date=5 February 2009 |access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref> Duffey was a replacement as Leicester won the 2010 Premiership final.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/8708250.stm |title=Leicester 33-27 Saracens |publisher=BBC |date=29 May 2010 |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> Having spent two seasons with Leicester Tigers, Duffey rejoined Nottingham RFC for the 2011/12 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/13712966 |title=Joe Duffey leaves Leicester Tigers to rejoin Nottingham |publisher=BBC |date=9 June 2011 |accessdate=13 February 2020}}</ref> He left Nottingham again in 2013 to return to his native New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/22199594 |title=Saracens sign Nottingham's Tim Streather and Joe Duffey exits |publisher=BBC |date=18 April 2013 |accessdate=13 February 2020}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.leicestertigers.com/squad/players.php?player=87980&includeref=dynamic Tigers profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716133601/http://www.statbunker.com/rugby/btb/index.php?PL=player&PlayerID=13251&PlayerCompType=&season=&StatType=PlayerAppsOverall&pointsType=&PlayerInClubID= Statbunker statistics]
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