Atelea Vea

Atelea Vea

Personal information
Born	(1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 34) Sydney, Australia
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	103 kg (16 st 3 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Lock, Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–10 Cronulla Sharks 8 0 0 0 0 2011 Melbourne Storm 11 0 0 0 0 2012–13 St. George Illawarra 3 0 0 0 0 2014 London Broncos 23 2 0 0 8 2015–16 St Helens 40 10 0 0 40 2017 Leigh Centurions 27 7 0 0 28 Total 112 19 0 0 76 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009 Tonga 2 1 0 0 4
As of 4 March 2018 Source: [2][3][4]

Atelea Vea is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who last played for the Leigh Centurions in the Super League. He plays as a prop, lock or second-row forward. He has previously played for the Melbourne Storm, Cronulla Sharks, St. George Illawarra and the London Broncos.

He made his first-grade début for the Sharks in 2009. He was selected to play for Tonga in the 2009 Pacific Cup.^[5]

Background[]

Vea was born in Sydney, Australia.

Playing career[]

2009–10: Career with Cronulla[]

Vea made his first-grade début for the Cronulla Sharks away to the Penrith Panthers, in a round 10 loss, a game in which he came on off the interchange bench.^[6] He then featured in the 26–4 loss at home to the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the next round, where he was again on the bench.^[7] His first start for the Sharks came when the side hit something of a run of form. He started out in the second-row in a narrow 13–10 win over the Parramatta Eels,^[8] and he kept his starting place in wins over New Zealand Warriors (18–10),^[9] Canberra Raiders (24–22)^[10] and the thumping 46–16 thrashing of Brisbane Broncos,^[11] all of which were consecutive appearances. He was, in round 16 at the Sydney Roosters, shuffled to lock, where the Sharks lost their first game in four.^[12] He then had to wait another 10 rounds before being selected again, in the 26–24 loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs.^[13]

2011: Career with Melbourne[]

In 2011, he played for the Melbourne Storm team, playing 9 games for the team, with all appearances of the bench. His performance in a losing effort in Round 26 against the Sydney Roosters was praised by coach Craig Bellamy given the injury toll on the night.

2012–13: Career with St George-Illawarra[]

He played for the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2012 and 2013.

2014: Career with London[]

He joined the London Broncos on 24 February 2014.^[14]

Representative career[]

He made his international début for Tonga in a 44–14 defeat by Papua New Guinea, where Vea scored a try.^[15] As Tonga did not progress to the final, Vea's next game was in the third/fourth place play-off loss to Fiji.^[16]

References[]

External links[]

• Leigh Centurions profile