Eddie Paea

Eddie Paea
Personal information
Born (1988-02-08) 8 February 1988
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position halfback, hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006–08 South Sydney 8 3 1 0 14
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–10 Tonga 3 1 1 0 6
As of 07:23, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Source: NRL Stats

Eddie Paea (born 8 February 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the North Sydney Bears in the New South Wales Cup competition. He primarily plays at halfback or Hooker. He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Career

Paea played for the North Sydney Bears in the NSWRL Premier League, the reserve team for the Rabbitohs.[1]

Paea made his NRL debut in round 26 of the 2006 season for the Rabbitohs against the Wests Tigers. He began the 2008 season as halfback for the Rabbitohs but a contract offer was withdrawn mid-season and he was dropped from the first grade team.[2]

A Junior Kiwi,[3] Paea was named in both the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup and the New Zealand training squad,[4][5] but he was finally selected for the Tonga squad in October.[6] Paea scored his first senior international try in the World Cup match against Scotland on 8 November 2008. He also converted one try.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Eddie Paea Stars As The Bears Look The Goods Against Balmain". League Unlimited. 2007-08-27. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  2. ↑ David Beniuk (30 Jun 2008). "Souths cut Eddie Paea for Chris Sandow". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 Nov 2008.
  3. ↑ "League: Paea called into Kiwis". The New Zealand Herald. 2 Nov 2007. Retrieved 11 Nov 2008.
  4. ↑ "Tug-of-war over Mason". Sky Sports. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  5. ↑ "Kiwis select Sonny Bill". Sky Sports. 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  6. ↑ "Samoa, Tonga and Fiji name squads". BBC. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  7. ↑ "The pipes fell silent". The Morning Bulletin. 10 Nov 2008. Retrieved 11 Nov 2008.

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