Junior Pelesasa

Junior Pelesasa

Personal information
Full name	Junior Pelesasa
Date of birth	17 October 1980
Place of birth	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
School	Onehunga High School Nudgee College
Club information
Position	Centre
Current club	Agen
Youth representative teams
Years Team Apps (points) 1998 2001 Australia Schoolboys Australia U-21 6
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) Brisbane Broncos
Super Rugby
Provincial sides Perth Spirit Wanneroo Super Rugby 1999 ‐ __ 2006 ‐ Queensland Reds Western Force 33 17
Representative teams
2005 ‐ Australia A
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Junior Pelesasa (born 17 October 1980 in New Zealand) is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays for Agen. He plays as a centre.

Career

Pelesasa moved to Australia from New Zealand at the age of 16. He has represented Australia Schoolboys, Australia Under 21's and Australia A. He spent two years playing for the Brisbane Broncos rugby league team after which he left Rugby League and joined Rugby Union playing for the Queensland provincial side before being drafted into the Queensland Reds Super 12 side where he played 33 matches for them. In 2006 he moved to a new Super Rugby franchise known as the Western Force. He played 5 matches for his new team during the 2006 season in which they finished last in the 2006 Super 14 competition.

References

External links

• Western Force profile