Pauli Pauli

Pauli Pauli
Pauli playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994
Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 120 kg (18 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–15 Parramatta Eels 33 3 0 0 12
2016– Newcastle Knights 15 1 0 0 4
Total 48 4 0 0 16
As of 6 August 2016
Source: [1]

Pauli Pauli (born 4 August 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays at prop or second-row forward for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Parramatta Eels.

Background

Born in Bankstown, New South Wales, Pauli is of Samoan descent[2] and played his junior rugby league for the Hills District Bulls, before being signed by the Parramatta Eels.

Playing career

Early career

From 2012 to 2014, Pauli played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team.[3][4] In August 2012, he played for the Australian Schoolboys.[5] On 5 July 2013, he re-signed with the Eels on a 2-year contract.[6]

2014

In February, Pauli played for the Eels in the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines.[7] In Round 4 , he made his NRL debut for the Eels against the Penrith Panthers, playing off the interchange bench in the Eels' 32-16 win at Parramatta Stadium.[8][9][10] In Round 8 against the North Queensland Cowboys at 1300SMILES Stadium, he scored his first NRL career try in the Eels' 14-42 loss.[11][12] On 3 May 2014, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team, playing in New South Wales' 30-8 win at Penrith Stadium.[13][14][15] He finished off his debut year in the NRL having played in 17 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Eels.[16] On 8 September 2014, he was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations,[17] but did not make the final 23-man squad.[18]

2015

On 31 January and 1 February, Pauli again played in the NRL Auckland Nines.[19] On 11 July, he re-signed with the Eels on a 2-year contract.[20][21] He finished off the 2015 season having played in 16 matches for the Eels.[22]

2016

On 29 January, Pauli signed a 2-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting effective immediately, after being released from the final 2 years of his Eels contract.[23] In February, he played for the Knights in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines.[24] In Round 1, he made his club debut for the Knights against the Gold Coast Titans, playing off the interchange bench in the 12-30 loss at Cbus Super Stadium.[25] In Round 12 against his former club the Eels, he scored his first try for the Knights.[26] He finished the 2016 season having played in 15 matches and scoring 1 try.[27]

References

  1. ↑ "Pauli Pauli - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  2. ↑ "Forget Fuifui Moimoi Young Gun Pauli Pauli is the New Cult Hero at Parramatta Eels". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  3. ↑ "P". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141028212522/http://rleague.com/players/Pauli-Pauli_3624/Stats/. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "ASSRL Schoolboys rugby league news, Australian Secondary School Rugby League, Australian Schoolboys". Ourfootyteam.com. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  6. ↑ "Eels announce re-signing of youth". NRL - Zero Tackle. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "SQUADS FOR AUCKLAND NINES". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "NRL 2014 - Round 4". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  9. ↑ "Round 4: NRL Late Mail". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Pauli Pauli to make his debut against Panthers". Leyedeel.com. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "NRL 2014 - Round 8". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  12. ↑ "North Queensland Cowboys thump Parramatta Eels 42-14 at 1300SMILES Stadium". Townsville Bulletin. 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  13. ↑ "NSW U20s ORIGIN SQUAD ANNOUNCED". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
  14. ↑ "WE Reveal the Next generation of Stars Set to Battle it Out in the Under 20s State of Origin Clash". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  15. ↑ "Queensland Lock Luke Bateman Suffers Homophobic Slur in NSW's U20s State of Origin Victory". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  16. ↑ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  17. ↑ "Samoa train on squad announced". NRL - Zero Tackle. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "Toa Samoa name Four Nations squad". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  19. ↑ "EELS NAME 2015 NINES SQUAD". Rugby League Week. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  20. ↑ "Eels re-sign seven players | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  21. ↑ "Parramatta Eels Have Re-Signed Pauli Pauli on a New Two Year Deal". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  22. ↑ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  23. ↑ "Knights sign Pauli Pauli | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  24. ↑ "2016 Downer NRL Auckland Nines Official Squads". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  25. ↑ Laine Clark. "Gold Coast Titans grab NRL season opening win against Newcastle Knights". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  26. ↑ "Knights v Eels: Five key points". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  27. ↑ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
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