Name Makasini Richter Height 1.93 m | Weight 102 kg | |
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Makasini Richter (born June 21, 1979 in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga) is a Tongan rugby league player who previously played for the Canterbury Bulldogs and the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.
Richter scored ten tries in his 24 appearances for the Wests Tigers in 2001 and 2002, including two tries in his first-grade debut. Unfortunately, he played during a particularly dire period for the club, with just 4 of his 24 appearances being victories.
Joining the Bulldogs in 2004, Richter spent his first season in the club in reserve grade before injury disrupted is season. In 2005, he played 2 first grade games, and also scored 20 tries from his 20 appearances in the lower grade, surpassing the record set by Hasan Saleh.
In 2006 he represented the Tonga national rugby league team at the Pacific Cup. Earlier he had played for Tonga in the 2000 World Cup.
Earlier in his career Richter was known as Jackson Kaufusi and Lipina Kaufusi.