Tyrone Viiga

Tyrone Viiga

Full name	Tyrone Viiga
Date of birth	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]

References

1. RLP
2. CSU NSW Country Eagles announce 2015 NRC squad

External links

• It's rugby stats