Aitutaki lad in Finnish snow rugby

Aitutaki rugby player Frederick Harrison (pictured) is making a name for himself in the rugby circles in Finland where he now has four caps for representing Finland in international rugby.

Aitutaki rugby player Frederick Harrison (pictured) is making a name for himself in the rugby circles in Finland where he now has four caps for representing Finland in international rugby.

The 27-year old son of Tom Harrison and his late wife Nooroa is pictured here with his Finnish rugby achievements including the Finnish rugby champs medal, Finnish rugby champs trophy, TRC rugby player of the year trophy and the Tampere Finnish rugby champions plate.

Frederick was born in Rarotonga and moved to Aitutaki with his parents at the age of two.

He attended Araura Primary and Araura College before moving to Tereora College and on to New Zealand for further education.

While at Tereora College he honed his rugby talent with the Arorangi Cowboys club.

While studying in New Zealand he met an exchange student from Finland and moved there with her where they got married.

Frederick is studying Environmental Engineering at the Tampere University in Finland in between rugby.

Currently, Frederick is preparing to head further north in Finland to play in a snow rugby competition.