Leivaha Pulu
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Personal information | ||||||
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Nickname | Vaha[1] | |||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 27 March 1990|||||
Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Prop | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2016– | Gold Coast Titans | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
As of 15 July 2016 | ||||||
Source: [2] |
Leivaha Pulu (born 27 March 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop.
Background
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Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Pulu is of Tongan descent[3] and played his junior rugby league for the Marist Saints. He moved to Australia as a 16-year-old and attended Keebra Park State High School, before being signed by the Wests Tigers.[4]
Playing career
Early career
In 2009 and 2010, Pulu played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team,[5] before graduating to the Tigers' New South Wales Cup team, Western Suburbs Magpies in 2011.[6] In 2012, he joined the Windsor Wolves.[7] He had an off-season with Elite One Championship club Lezignan Sangliers[8] before joining the Wyong Roos in 2013.[9] After his 2014 season with the Roos, he was invited to do an NRL pre-season with the Sydney Roosters leading up to the 2015 NRL season, before returning to the Roos for the season.[10] On 27 September 2015, he played in the Roos' 2015 New South Wales Cup Grand Final loss to the Newcastle Knights.[11] On 13 October 2015, he signed a 1-year contract with the Gold Coast Titans starting in 2016.[1]
2016
In Round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, Pulu made his NRL debut for the Titans against the Newcastle Knights.[12][13]
References
- 1 2 "'Vaha' chases his NRL dream". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Leivaha Pulu - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1990-03-27. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ↑ "Eligible players". Tonga Rugby League. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Pulu swaps 'lollipop' for NRL shot". NRL.com. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ↑ "P". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ By: Naparazzi (2011-05-01). "LEIVAHA PULU | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ By: Naparazzi (2012-04-08). "LEIVAHA PULU | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ Gold Coast Titans (2015-10-13). "Titans sign Leivaha Pulu". League Unlimited. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ NRL. "Vb Nsw Cup Team Lists - Round Nineteen". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ NRL Ladder (2014-11-05). "Roosters Trial Three Roos". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "VB NSW Cup Grand Final Team List". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ↑ "Updated: Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ Cadigan, Neil. "NRL PREVIEW V Knights". Titans. Retrieved 2016-03-06.