Phillip Leuluai
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| Full name | Phillip Leuluai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1977-07-16) 16 July 1977 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Phillip Leuluai (born 16 July 1977 in Greenlake, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer of Samoan heritage and descent who currently plays for the Salford City Reds in the Super League, primarily as a second-row or occasional prop.
He joined the French club Lezignan Sangliers for the 2010/11 season.[2]
Contents
1 Playing career
2 Representative career
3 References
4 External links
Playing career
An Otahuhu Leopards junior, Leuluai previously played for the Eastern Tornadoes, Newtown Jets and Cronulla Sharks.
He joined Salford City Reds on 27 August 2007 after their Aussie head coach Shaun McRae signed him on a 2 1⁄2-year contract for an undisclosed figure.
Representative career
Leuluai represented Auckland in the 1997 Super League Challenge Cup, and Auckland South in the 1999 National Provincial Competition.[3]
He toured Australia with the New Zealand Residents in 2000.[4][5]
In 2002 Leuluai toured France and the United States with New Zealand 'A'.[6]
Leuluai was named in the Samoa training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup but did not make the final squad.[7]
In 2009 he was named as part of the Samoan side for the Pacific Cup.[8]
References
^ Rugby League Project
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^ Jessup, Peter (16 March 1999). "Rugby League: Injury gives Hoppe a starting chance". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
^ Johns named halfback and captain AAP Sports News (Australia), 10 October 2000
^ NZ Residents end trip with a flourish The Press, 27 July 2000
^ 2002 NZ A NZRL Official Site
^ "Samoa name World Cup Squad". League Unlimited. 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
^ Poching names strong Samoan squad therhinos.co.uk, 6 October 2009
External links
- Salford City Reds profile
- SL stats
- Rugby League - Players
- Phillip Leuluai Official Player Profile
- Phillip Leuluai NRL Player Profile
