Tevita Metuisela (born 16 October 1983 in Manly,

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) is an Australian professional

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and

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

footballer.

Rugby League

In rugby league Metuisela played as a

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or second row forward, and appeared for the

Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen Ne ...

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. ...

and

Wests 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 ...

teams. He was named in the Tonga training squad for the

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Rugby Union

In 2009 Metuisela made the switch to rugby union where he plays as a back row forward, either flanker or Number Eight. He was a part of the

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Academy and has also played for the Manly club in Sydney. Metuisela played Super Rugby for the

Western Force The Western Force is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia, currently competing in Super Rugby Pacific. They previously played in Super Rugby from 2006 until they were axed from the competition in 2017. F ...

in 2011. He played for the Waratahs in 2012.

References

External links

Tevita Metuisela at planetrugby.comTevita Metuisela at ''NRL.com''Tevita Metuisela at ''Wests Tigers''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Metuisela, Tevita 1983 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australian rugby league players Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers players Manly RUFC players Melbourne Storm players New South Wales Residents rugby league team players New South Wales Waratahs players Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league props Rugby union players from Sydney Sydney Roosters players Western Force players Wests Tigers players