Macgraff David E. Leuluai (born 9 February 1990) is a
rugby league footballer who plays as a or .
Background
He was born in
Wakefield,
West Yorkshire,
England.
His father,
James
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*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
* King James (disambiguat ...
, and his brother,
Thomas, have both represented
New Zealand and he is part of a wider Leuluai family that includes
Phillip and
Kyle
Kyle or Kyles may refer to:
Places
Canada
* Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ireland
* Kyle, County Laois
* Kyle, County Wexford
Scotland
* Kyle, Ayrshire, area of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern-day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshir ...
.
Playing career
Born in
Wakefield while his father was playing for
Wakefield Trinity, Leuluai was a
Newcastle Knights junior before joining
Leigh Centurions
The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League.
The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern R ...
as an 18-year-old in 2009. As he was born in Wakefield, Leuluai does not require a work permit to play in England and does not count on the overseas quota.
Leuluai joined
Widnes in 2011 on a one-year contract. This was later extended to a
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
deal ending in 2013.
On 19 August 2020 it was announced that Leuluai would leave
Widnes at the end of the 2020 season
References
External links
Widnes Vikings profileSL profile
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1990 births
Living people
Leigh Leopards players
Macgraff
New Zealand rugby league players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England
English people of New Zealand descent
North Wales Crusaders players
Rugby league players from Wakefield
Rugby league props
Rugby league second-rows
Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players
Widnes Vikings players
Workington Town players