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Junior Roqica
Personal information
Full nameVitale Junior Roqica[1]
Born (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 (age 33)
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia[2]
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight17 st 5 lb (110 kg)
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Cronulla Sharks 6 0 0 0 0
2017 London Broncos 20 5 0 0 20
Total 26 5 0 0 20
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–19 Fiji 15 1 1 0 6
2019 Fiji Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [3][4]
As of 10 November 2023

Vitale Junior Roqica (born 13 February 1991) is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or second-row forward.

He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL and the London Broncos in the Championship, and was contracted to the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.

Early life

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Roqica was born in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia and is of Fijian descent.[2][5] He played his junior football for the Concord Burwood Wolves and Holy Cross Rhinos, while participating in the Balmain Tigers development program before being signed by the Wests Tigers.

Playing career

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Wests Tigers

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Roqica played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team from 2008 to 2011.[6]

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

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In 2012, Roqica joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

He failed to play a game in the NRL for Canterbury-Bankstown, but featured in their NSW Cup side.[7]

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

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In 2013, Roqica joined the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

In Round 11 of the 2014 NRL season, Roqica made his NRL début for Cronulla-Sutherland against the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[8]

Whilst contracted to Cronulla-Sutherland, Roqica spent most of playing time on the field for the Newtown club, playing in the NSW Cup and the rebranded Intrust Super Premiership NSW.[9]

London Broncos

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Roqica joined London ahead of the 2017 Super League season.[10]

Representative career

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Roqica played for the New South Wales Catholic Colleges team when he was 17.[11]

In 2009, Roqica played for the Australian schoolboys.[12]

In 2013, Roqica was named in the Fiji squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. He made his international début against Ireland.[13] He scored the decisive try in Fiji's quarter-final victory over Samoa.

In May 2014, Roqica played for Fiji in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International.

On 7 May 2016, Roqica played for Fiji against Papua New Guinea in the 2016 Melanesian Cup.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2013". Rlwc2013.com. 13 February 1991. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b "Junior Roqica player results, scores, news and statistics". Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Junior Roqica – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  4. ^ loverugbyleague
  5. ^ Kumar, Rashneel (13 October 2008). "Young Roqica, the new name in league". Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Junior Roqica player results, scores, news and statistics". Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Pritchard Returns for Trip Over Tasman". Bulldogs. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Updated Team Lists: Round 11". National Rugby League. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Newtown Jets continue to contribute to top-level Rugby League representative ranks". Newtown Jets. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Broncos sign Cronulla Sharks' Junior Roqica". Zero Tackle. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  11. ^ Chris Karas (23 July 2008). "Sports News". Weekly Times. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  12. ^ "Junior Roqica". weststigers.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  13. ^ "Civoniceva, Wes Naiqama to lead Fiji Bati". Fijilive.com. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  14. ^ "PNG stuns Fiji in a thriller". National Rugby League. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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