Tyrone Vi'iga (born 9 June 1992) is an Australian professional
rugby footballer of
Cook Islands &
Samoan heritage. He plays for
AS Béziers Hérault. He previously played for the
NSW Country Eagles
The New South Wales Country Eagles is an Australian rugby union football team competes in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). The team was founded by a group of patrons associated with country rugby in New South Wales. The Eagles team plays ...
, and Sydney RAMS and also represented the
Cook Islands at the
2013 Rugby League World Cup
The 2013 Rugby League World Cup was the fourteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup and took place in England, Wales, France and Ireland. between 26 October and 30 November 2013.
It was the main event of the year's 2013 Festival of World ...
. He has played both 'codes' but is currently a
Rugby Union professional.
Career
Rugby league
Vi'iga played as a in rugby league. He was a member of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks under 20s side in 2012, before joining the Wentworthville Magpies in the NSW Cup competition.
Rugby union
Vi'iga switched to rugby union to play in the
Shute Shield competition as a backrower with the
Penrith club in 2014 and then
Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs may refer to:
Places
*Eastern Suburbs (Mumbai), India
*Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Australia
**Eastern Suburbs railway line, Sydney, Australia
Sports clubs
;Association football
*Eastern Suburbs AFC, Auckland, New Zealand
* Eastern ...
in 2015. He was signed by the
New South Wales Country Eagles team for the 2015
National Rugby Championship.
CSU NSW Country Eagles announce 2015 NRC squad
Joined Two Blue (Parramatta) 2016, Western Sydney Rams NRC 2016
References
External links
stats
1992 births
Australian rugby league players
Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent
Australian people of Cook Island descent
Cook Islands national rugby league team players
Cook Island rugby league players
Rugby league props
Sportsmen from New South Wales
Living people
Rugby league players from Sydney
AS Béziers Hérault players
Provence Rugby players
Australian expatriate rugby union players in France
Rugby union players from Sydney
Eastern Suburbs RUFC players
Parramatta Two Blues players
Australian rugby union players
Footballers who switched code
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