Lopini Paea
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| Full name | Lopini Paea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lopini Paea (born 19 April 1984 in Auburn, Australia) is an Australian rugby league player of Tongan descent who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at second-row forward.
Paea has represented on several occasions for the Tongan national team with his most recent international games during the 2007 Junior Kangaroos tour, in which Paea also captained the Tongan side.[1][2]
In August 2008, Lopini Paea was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[3] and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man Tonga squad.[4]
Career highlights
- First-grade debut: Round 15, 2003, against the Cronulla Sharks
- Representing Tongan National Team
- Captaining Tongan National Team
- 2007Junior Kangaroos tour
References
- ^ "Tonga thrashes Junior Kangaroos". Fox Sports News. 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "NRL's island talent". Samoa Observer. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "Tug-of-war over Mason". Sky Sports. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
- ^ "Samoa, Tonga and Fiji name squads". BBC. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
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