Tyrone Viiga

Tyrone Viiga
Full name Tyrone Viiga
Date of birth (1992-06-09) 9 June 1992
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Rugby league career
Position prop
National teams
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013 Cook Islands 3 (0)[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Backrow
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2014
2015
2015
Penrith
Eastern Suburbs
NSW Country Eagles
11
5
0
0
0
0
correct as of 6 August 2015.

Tyrone Viiga (born 9 June 1992) is an Australian professional rugby footballer of Cook Islands heritage. He currently plays rugby union for the NSW Country Eagles, and he previously represented the Cook Islands at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Career

Rugby league

Viiga played as a prop in rugby league. He was a member of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Under 20's side in 2012, before joining the Wentworthville Magpies in the NSW Cup competition.

Rugby union

Viiga switched to rugby union to play in the Shute Shield competition as a backrower with the Penrith club in 2014 and then Eastern Suburbs in 2015. He was signed by the New South Wales Country Eagles team for the 2015 National Rugby Championship.[2]

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