Lamar Manuel-Liolevave (born 1 December 1995) is a

Fiji international The Fiji International was a men's golf tournament in Fiji, sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia. The Fiji International was Fiji's first internationally broadcast golf tournament to a worldwide audience across more than 30 countries in over ...

rugby league footballer who plays as er or for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Queensland Cup. He previously played for the Wests Tigers in the

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Background

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Liolevave is of

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, Samoan and Fijian descent and played his junior rugby league for the

Marist Saints The Marist Saints is a rugby league club based in Mount Albert, New Zealand. They currently compete in the top grade in Auckland Rugby League, the Fox Memorial Premiership. History Founded in 1919, the Marist club first won the Fox Memorial in 1 ...

. He later moved to Queensland, Australia to attend Keebra Park State High School. In July 2013, he signed a contract with the

West Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture c ...

starting in 2014.

Playing career

Early career

In 2013, Liolevave played for the Australian Schoolboys. In 2014 and 2015, Liolevave played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team. He was named the Tigers' NYC Coach's Player of the Year in 2014. On 18 October 2014, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos, playing off the interchange bench in the Kiwis' 15-14 win. Soon after, he re-signed with the Wests Tigers on a two-year contract.

2015

Liolevave graduated to the Tigers' New South Wales Cup team in 2015. In round 4, he made his

debut for the Wests Tigers against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. On 2 May 2015, Liolevave again played for the Junior Kiwis against Junior Kangaroos.

2016

In April 2016, Liolevave joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs effective immediately on a contract to the end of 2017.

2019

He made his international debut, coming off the bench, in the 18-44 win against Samoa on 2 November 2019.

References

External links

Wests Tigers profileFiji profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liolevave, Lamar 1995 births Living people Fiji national rugby league team players Junior Kiwis players Marist Saints players New Zealand Māori rugby league players New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent New Zealand rugby league players People educated at Keebra Park State High School Rugby league players from Auckland Rugby league second-rows Wests Tigers NSW Cup players Wests Tigers players