Pauli Pauli

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Pauli Pauli
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Pauli playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 29)
Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 120 kg (18 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–15 Parramatta Eels 33 3 0 0 12
2016– Newcastle Knights 9 1 0 0 4
Total 42 4 0 0 16
As of 21 May 2016
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Pauli Pauli (born 4 August 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop and second-row and previously played for the Parramatta Eels.

Background

Born in Bankstown, New South Wales, Pauli is of Samoan descent[2] and played his junior rugby league for the Hills District Bulls, before being signed by the Parramatta Eels.

Playing career

Early career

From 2012 to 2014, Pauli played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team.[3][4] In August 2012, he played for the Australian Schoolboys.[5] On 5 July 2013, he re-signed with the Eels on a 2-year contract.[6]

2014

In February, Pauli played for the Eels in the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines.[7] In Round 4 , he made his NRL debut for the Eels against the Penrith Panthers, playing off the interchange bench in the Eels' 32-16 win at Parramatta Stadium.[8][9][10] In Round 8 against the North Queensland Cowboys at 1300SMILES Stadium, he scored his first NRL career try in the Eels' 14-42 loss.[11][12] On 3 May 2014, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team, playing in New South Wales' 30-8 win at Penrith Stadium.[13][14][15] He finished off his debut year in the NRL having played in 17 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Eels.[16] On 8 September 2014, he was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations,[17] but did not make the final 23-man squad.[18]

2015

On 31 January and 1 February, Pauli again played in the NRL Auckland Nines.[19] On 11 July, he re-signed with the Eels on a 2-year contract.[20][21] He finished off the 2015 season having played in 16 matches for the Eels.[22]

2016

On 29 January, Pauli signed a 2-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting effective immediately, after being released from the final 2 years of his Eels contract.[23] In February, he played for the Knights in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines.[24] In Round 1, he made his club debut for the Knights against the Gold Coast Titans, playing off the interchange bench in the 12-30 loss at Cbus Super Stadium.[25]

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