Leivaha Pulu

Leivaha Pulu
Personal information
Nickname Vaha[1]
Born (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990
Auckland, New Zealand
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

Pulu playing for the Wyong Roos in 2015

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. 1 2 "'Vaha' chases his NRL dream". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  2. ↑ "Leivaha Pulu - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1990-03-27. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  3. ↑ "Eligible players". Tonga Rugby League. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  4. ↑ "Pulu swaps 'lollipop' for NRL shot". NRL.com. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  5. ↑ "P". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  6. ↑ By: Naparazzi (2011-05-01). "LEIVAHA PULU | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  7. ↑ By: Naparazzi (2012-04-08). "LEIVAHA PULU | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  8. ↑ Gold Coast Titans (2015-10-13). "Titans sign Leivaha Pulu". League Unlimited. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  9. ↑ NRL. "Vb Nsw Cup Team Lists - Round Nineteen". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  10. ↑ NRL Ladder (2014-11-05). "Roosters Trial Three Roos". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  11. ↑ "VB NSW Cup Grand Final Team List". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  12. ↑ "Updated: Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  13. ↑ Cadigan, Neil. "NRL PREVIEW V Knights". Titans. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
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