Jayson Bukuya

Jayson Bukuya
Bukuya at the 2008 RLWC
Personal information
Born (1989-04-21) 21 April 1989
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–13 Cronulla-Sutherland 59 13 0 0 52
2014 NZ Warriors 17 2 0 0 8
2015– Cronulla-Sutherland 29 2 0 0 8
Total 105 17 0 0 68
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–15 Fiji 10 3 0 0 12
As of 28 March 2016
Source: [1]

Jayson Bukuya (born 21 April 1989) is a Fijian Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks of the National Rugby League. He plays as a lock or in the second-row.

Playing career

An Apsley and Norths Brisbane junior, Bukuya made his National Rugby League debut for the Cronulla Sharks in 2008.

He joined the New Zealand Warriors for the 2014 season.

On 1 November 2014, Bukuya was released from his Warriors' contract on compassionate grounds to return to Sydney.[2]

On 11 November 2014, Bukuya signed a two-year deal to rejoin the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[3]

Representative career

Bukuya played all 4 games for Fiji at the 2008 World Cup, and was again named in the Fiji squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Jason Bukuya Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ http://www.warriors.co.nz/news/2014/11/01/vodafone_warriors_sign_thompson.html
  3. ↑ http://www.nrl.com/bukuya-returns-to-sharks-on-two-year-deal/tabid/10874/newsid/82971/default.aspx?cid=NRL_HP_Latest
  4. ↑ http://fijilive.com/sports/news/2013/09/civoniceva-wes-naiqama-to-lead-fiji-bati/32752.Fijilive

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