Suliasi Vunivalu

Suliasi Vunivalu
Vunivalu playing for the Storm in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1995-11-27) 27 November 1995
Suva, Fiji[1]
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Melbourne Storm 3 6 0 0 24
As of 1 May 2016
Source: [2]

Suliasi Vunivalu (born 27 November 1995) is a Fijian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. He plays at wing.

Background

Born in Suva, Fiji, Vunivalu grew up in the province of Bua and was educated at Lelean Memorial School.[3] He moved to Auckland, New Zealand at the age of 16[1] and played rugby union for Saint Kentigern College.

Playing career

Early career

When Vunivalu turned 17, he made the Auckland Blues development team after impressing in schoolboy rugby. He was then signed by the Melbourne Storm at 18 years old.[4] In 2014 and 2015, he played for the Melbourne Storm's NYC team.[5]

2016

In 2016, Vunivalu graduated to the Storm's Queensland Cup team, Eastern Suburbs Tigers.[6] In Round 7 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Storm against the Wests Tigers,[7][8] scoring two tries on debut.[9] He went on to score doubles in his second and third games also.[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 NRL. "Vunivalu becomes #171 - Storm". Melbournestorm.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Suliasi Vunivalu - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. ↑ Baleilevuka, Rusiate (21 January 2015). "Vanivalu signs with Melbourne Storm". Fiji Village. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Raj, Amit (18 December 2014). "Suliasi to join Bati star". Fiji Times. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "V". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  6. ↑ NRL. "Rd.2 Feeder Team Announcement - Storm". Melbournestorm.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  7. ↑ "Updated team lists: Wests Tigers v Storm". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  8. ↑ NRL. "Late mail: Round 7 - Storm". Melbournestorm.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  9. ↑ "Storm clinch golden point victory". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  10. ↑ "Warriors suffer embarrassing 42-0 defeat to Melbourne Storm on Anzac Day". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  11. ↑ "Storm monster Titans in seven-try slaughter". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-05-01.

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