Atelea Vea

Atelea Vea
Personal information
Born (1986-11-27) 27 November 1986
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position Second-row, Lock, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–10 Cronulla Sharks 8 0 0 0 0
2011 Melbourne Storm 11 0 0 0 0
2012–13 St. George Illawarra 3 0 0 0 0
2014 London Broncos 23 2 0 0 8
2015– St Helens 12 3 0 0 12
Total 57 5 0 0 20
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009 Tonga 2 1 0 0 4
As of 24 September 2015
Source: [2][3]

Atelea Vea is an Australian-Tongan professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for St Helens in the Super League. He is by preference a second-row but can also play at loose forward. He has previously played for the Melbourne Storm, Cronulla Sharks, St. George Illawarra and London Broncos. He made his first-grade début for the Sharks in 2009. He was selected to play for Tonga in the 2009 Pacific Cup.[4]

Playing career

2009-10: Career with Cronulla

Vea made his first-grade debut for the Cronulla Sharks away to the Penrith Panthers, in a round 10 loss, a game in which he came on off the interchange bench.[5] He then featured in the 26–4 loss at home to the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the next round, where he was again on the bench.[6] His first start for the Sharks came when the side hit something of a run of form. He started at in the second-row in a narrow 13–10 win over the Parramatta Eels,[7] and he kept his starting place in wins over New Zealand Warriors (18–10),[8] Canberra Raiders (24–22)[9] and the thumping 46–16 thrashing of Brisbane Broncos,[10] all of which were consecutive appearances. He was, in round 16 at the Sydney Roosters, shuffled to lock, where the Sharks lost their first game in four.[11] He then had to wait another 10 rounds before being selected again, in the 26–24 loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[12]

2011: Career with Melbourne

In 2011, he played for the Melbourne Storm team, playing 9 games for the team, with all appearances of the bench. His performance in a losing effort in Round 26 against the Sydney Roosters was praised by coach Craig Bellamy given the injury toll on the night.

2012-13: Career with St George-Illawarra

He played for the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2012 and 2013.

2014: Career with London

He joined the London Broncos on the 24 February 2014.[13]

Representative career

He made his international début for Tonga in a 44–14 defeat by Papua New Guinea, where Vea scored a try.[14] As Tonga did not progress to the final, Vea's next game was in the third/fourth place play-off loss to Fiji.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Atelea Vea St Helens". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ RLP
  3. ↑ London Official
  4. ↑ "rleague.com profile". rleague.com. 16 January 2010. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Panthers 26–22 Sharks". rleague.com. 16 May 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "Sharks 4–26 Dragons". rleague.com. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Eels 10–13 Sharks". rleague.com. 30 May 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  8. ↑ "Sharks 18–10 Warriors". rleague.com. 7 June 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Raiders 22–24 Sharks". rleague.com. 14 June 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Sharks 46–12 Broncos". rleague.com. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Roosters 19–12 Sharks". rleague.com. 27 June 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Sharks 24–26 Rabbitohs". rleague.com. 5 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  13. ↑ "Dragons Recruit Vea For 2012". www.dragons.com.au. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "PNG 44–14 Tonga". Daily Telegraph. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  15. ↑ "Fiji 26–16 Tonga". Herald Sun. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
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