Tyrone Vi'iga
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Born | Tyrone Vi'iga 9 June 1992 Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tyrone Vi'iga (born 9 June 1992) is an Australian professional rugby footballer of Cook Islands & Samoan heritage. He plays for AS Béziers Hérault. He previously played for the NSW Country Eagles, and Sydney RAMS and also represented the Cook Islands at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. He has played both 'codes' but is currently a Rugby Union professional.
Career
[edit]Rugby league
[edit]Vi'iga played as a prop in rugby league. He was a member of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks under 20s side in 2012, before joining the Wentworthville Magpies in the NSW Cup competition.
Rugby union
[edit]Vi'iga 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] Joined Two Blue (Parramatta) 2016, Western Sydney Rams NRC 2016
References
[edit]- ^ RLP
- ^ CSU NSW Country Eagles announce 2015 NRC squad Archived 9 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- It's rugby stats
- 1992 births
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent
- Australian people of Cook Island descent
- Cook Islands national rugby league team players
- Cook Island rugby league players
- Rugby league props
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Living people
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- AS Béziers Hérault players
- Provence Rugby players
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- Eastern Suburbs RUFC players
- Parramatta Two Blues players
- Australian rugby union players
- Footballers who switched code
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rugby league biography stubs