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. 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.
In October 2012, he represented the Cook Islands in their 28–24 win over Lebanon.[2] He was selected in the Cook Islands squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup,[3] but did not make any appearances during the tournament.[1]
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.[4] Joined Two Blue (Parramatta) 2016, Western Sydney Rams NRC 2016
References
[edit]- ^ a b RLP
- ^ "Lebanon 24 28 Cook Islands". European Rugby League. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2013". Rlwc2013.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ CSU NSW Country Eagles announce 2015 NRC squad Archived 9 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- It's rugby stats
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- AS Béziers Hérault players
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Australian people of Cook Island descent
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian rugby union players
- Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent
- Cook Island rugby league players
- Cook Islands national rugby league team players
- Eastern Suburbs RUFC players
- Footballers who switched code
- Parramatta Two Blues players
- Provence Rugby players
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Rugby league props
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Wentworthville Magpies players
- Australian rugby league biography, 1990s birth stubs