Eloni Vunakece

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Eloni Vunakece
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Vunakece playing for the Wyong Roos in 2013.
Personal information
Born (1987-05-27) 27 May 1987 (age 37)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 Toulouse Olympique 2 2 0 0 8
2016– Sydney Roosters 7 0 0 0 0
Total 9 2 0 0 8
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–16 Fiji 8 2 0 0 8
As of 8 April 2016
Source: [1]

Eloni Vunakece (born 27 May 1987) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop and previously played for Toulouse Olympique in the Challenge Cup.

Background

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Vunakece is of Fijian descent[2] and played his junior rugby league for the Holy Cross Rhinos and Leichhardt Wanderers, before being signed by the Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers.

Vunakece is married and has one daughter.[3]

Playing career

Early career

From 2006 to 2011, Vunakece played for the Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers,[4][5][6][7][8][9] while also having a stint with the Western Suburbs Magpies New South Wales Cup side in 2011.[10] In September 2011, he signed a 1-year contract with French team Toulouse Olympique in the Elite One Championship.[11] In 2012, he re-signed with Toulouse on a 1-year contract.[12][3]

2013

In April, Vunakece played in 2 games for Toulouse in the 2013 Challenge Cup, scoring 2 tries.[13] At the conclusion of the 2012/2013 Elite One Championship season, he returned to Australia to play with the Wyong Roos in the New South Wales Cup.[14] In October and November, he played 5 games for Fiji in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, scoring 1 try.[15][16]

2015

On 2 May, Vunakece played for Fiji against Papua New Guinea in the 2015 Melanesian Cup.[17] At the end of the 2015 season, he got the chance to join the Sydney Roosters first-grade squad for the 2016 pre-season.[18]

2016

In Round 4 of the 2016 NRL season, Vunakece made his NRL debut for the Roosters against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[19][20] On 7 May, he again played for Fiji against Papua New Guinea in the 2016 Melanesian Cup, where he played at lock and scored a try.[21]

References

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