Gray Viane
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Full name | Gray Viane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Otahuhu, New Zealand | 19 May 1982|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Second-row, Centre, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gray Viane (born 19 May 1982) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s.
Early life
Viane was born in Otahuhu, New Zealand.
Viane played junior rugby league for Minto Cobras, and attended Sarah Redfern High (a renowned rugby league school in Minto, New South Wales). He was selected to represent the Australian schoolboys rugby union team.
Playing career
Viane began his career in Australia with Wests Tigers playing 10 NRL first grade games, before moving to England and signing in 2004 with St. Helens. Viane managed four games in total at St. Helens, scoring one try. The Samoan moved onto Widnes Vikings a season later and featured more prominently in the club's bid for Super League survival. He led the scoring sheet with thirteen tries in his stint in Widnes.
Widnes were relegated at the end of the season. He then moved onto the newly promoted Castleford Tigers in 2006 and had a good spell at the club playing 27 games and once again being the leading try scorer with 14 tries.[2] He moved to Salford to replace the retired Junior Langi, and was given the number 15 shirt, playing 9 games with 2 tries.
Viane was known for his tough defence and prolific try scoring. He was a Samoa international.[3]
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "England 38-14 Samoa". BBC. 5 November 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
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- 1982 births
- New Zealand rugby league players
- Australian rugby union players
- Australian rugby league players
- Samoa national rugby league team players
- Castleford Tigers players
- Salford Red Devils players
- St Helens R.F.C. players
- Wests Tigers players
- Widnes Vikings players
- Western Suburbs Magpies NSW Cup players
- Living people
- Rugby league players from Auckland
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- New Zealand emigrants to Australia
- Australian people of Samoan descent
- Australian expatriate rugby league players
- Expatriate rugby league players in England
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Rugby league second-rows
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- Rugby league wingers
- Australian rugby league biography stubs