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Andrew Lomu
Personal information
Born (1979-02-28) 28 February 1979 (age 45)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000–03 Sydney Roosters 51 2 0 0 8
2004–05 Cronulla-Sutherland 22 1 0 0 4
2005–06 Canberra Raiders 15 0 0 0 0
2007 Brisbane Broncos 1 0 0 0 0
Total 89 3 0 0 12
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000 Tonga 3 0 0 0 0
2002 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Andrew Lomu (born 28 February 1979 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He previously played for the Sydney Roosters, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Canberra Raiders and for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition.[1] He primarily played in the front row.

A distant cousin of New Zealand former rugby union international Jonah Lomu,[2] he is of Tongan descent and represented Tonga at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[2] He also represented New Zealand against Australia in one game in 2002.[3]

Lomu played for the Roosters from the bench in their 2002 NRL Grand Final victory against the New Zealand Warriors. At the end of the following season he played his last game for the Roosters, coming on from the interchange bench in the 2003 NRL grand final which was lost to the Penrith Panthers. The following season he played for Cronulla-Sutherland.

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Lomu lives up to the name". The Age. 12 May 2002. Retrieved 26 July 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Lockyer on target for injury comeback". The Age. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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