Isaac Liu

Isaac Liu
Personal information
Born (1991-04-26) 26 April 1991
Auckland, New Zealand
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position Lock, Prop, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Sydney Roosters 86 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–15 Samoa 5 1 0 0 4
As of 28 July 2016
Source: [1]

Isaac Liu (born 26 April 1991) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. A Samoan and New Zealand international, he primarily plays lock, prop and second-row.

Playing career

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Liu played his junior football for the Otahuhu Leopards before moving to Australia as a teen and attending Keebra Park State High School on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[2] He played for the Wests Tigers NYC team in 2010, playing 2 games.[3]

In 2011, Liu signed with the Sydney Roosters. He played for the Roosters' NYC team in 2011, scoring 2 tries in 19 games.[3]

In Round 4 of the 2013 NRL season Liu made his NRL debut for the Roosters against the Parramatta Eels.

In May 2014, Liu played for Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International. He made headlines in the match after taking a massive shot by Fijian player Korbin Sims.

On 7 October 2014, Liu was selected in the Samoan 24 man squad for the 2014 Four Nations series.[4][5]

On 2 May 2015, Liu played for Samoa in the Polynesian Cup against Tonga.

References

  1. Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (25 October 2015). "Isaac Lui". rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20140531012925/http://www.keebraparkrugbyleague.com.au/prog_grad.asp. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 1 2 Archived June 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. "Toa Samoa name Four Nations squad". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
  5. "Toa Samoa name Four Nations squad". NRL - Zero Tackle.
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