Sam Moa
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| Full name | Samuela Moa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 June 1986 Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 14 November 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samuela "Sam" Moa (born 14 June 1986) is a professional rugby league player who has represented Tonga and has been selected for New Zealand, and currently plays his club football for Sydney Roosters in the NRL and was a former Hull F.C. favourite in the Super League competition. His position of choice is at prop forward.
Playing career
Moa started his career at NRL side Wests Tigers before signing with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 2008 and playing in one National Rugby League match.
He was signed by Hull FC in January 2009 and arrived a week before the club's fixture with Huddersfield Giants which he featured off the bench in his debut. Moa is good friends with fellow Hull F.C. and Tonga team mate Willie Manu and former Hull F.C. and Tonga team mate Epalahame Lauaki (now at Bradford Bulls). The trio were commonly known by the Hull fans as 'The Tongan Mafia'.[citation needed]
Sam signed for the Sydney Roosters for the 2013 NRL season, winning the premiership with them at the end of the season.
Representative career
Moa first played for Tonga in 2006 as part of the 2008 World Cup qualifying series.
Moa was subsequently picked in the 2008 World Cup squad and went on to feature in all three of Tonga's matches at the tournament. However, he has declared himself eligible for selection for New Zealand at the next world cup citing his desire to be part of a world cup winning squad. Despite playing for Tonga against Samoa in the Pacific Rugby League International in April 2013, he played for New Zealand in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.[1]
References
- ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2013: NZ star Williams opts out". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
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- 1986 births
- Tongan rugby league players
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand people of Tongan descent
- Tonga national rugby league team players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- Sydney Roosters players
- Hull F.C. players
- Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players
- Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers players
- Rugby league props
- People educated at Keebra Park State High School
- Living people