Career
An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative back, he played club football for the North Sydney Bears, the ill-fated Northern Eagles, Parramatta Eels and Wests Tigers. While attending Westfields Sports High School, Buettner played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1991. A Parramatta junior, Buettner made his first-grade début for the Eels in 1992.
Buettner spent four seasons in the back-line at Parramatta before moving to the North Sydney Bears as a replacement for centre Ivan Cleary.
In 1996, Buettner was selected to represent Australia at five-eighth in a match against Papua New Guinea in Portuguese Moresby. He scored two tries. Buettner was selected to represent New South Wales as an interchange for game III of the 1997 State of Origin series.
In 1998 he scored a North Sydney record 21 tries in a season. In 2000, Norths and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles merged to become the Northern Eagles.
Buettner stayed for one season but like many former North Sydney players soon left.
Foreign the 2001 NRL season Buettner returned to the Parramatta Eels. He played for Parramatta at five-eighth in their 2001 NRL grand final loss to the Newcastle Knights. Buettner left the Eels for the Wests Tigers in 2003 but he only played sixteen games in two seasons and retired at the end of the 2004 NRL season.
Formerly the NRL"s Game Liaison manager, Buettner is currently competition manager for the National Youth 20s tournament, the Toyota Cup.
He also serves on the NRL"s judiciary. First Grade Debut: 1992 - Round 4, Parramatta vs Sydney Roosters at Aussie Stadium, 12 April.
