Frank Puletua
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Born | Auckland, New Zealand] | 8 May 1978|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frank Puletua (born 8 May 1978) is a former Samoa international rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A second-row, he played his club football in the National Rugby League for Australian clubs the Penrith Panthers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Background
Puletua played his junior rugby league for the
His brother is New Zealand and Samoan international Tony Puletua. He holds fine arts and graphics design degrees from the University of Western Sydney[3]
Playing career
Puletua made his NRL debut for the
After three further seasons at Penrith, Puletua then signed with the new Gold Coast Titans in 2007 but changed his mind and left the club, returning to Penrith. Penrith would go on to finish with the Wooden Spoon in the 2007 NRL season. He was named in the Samoa training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Puletua remained at Penrith until the end of the 2010 NRL season. Puletua's final game for the club was their 34-12 semi-final loss against the Sydney Roosters.[5]
Post-playing
After retiring from rugby league he became the creative producer at the
References
- ^ Frank Puletua at the Rugby League Project
- ^ The Daily Telegraph
- ^ Lewis, Daniel. "Puletua jumps the fence to showcase the game's true flag bearers". The Sydney Morning Herald. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "NRL's island talent". Samoa Observer. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
- ^ "Samoa name World Cup Squad". League Unlimited. 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ "XV Tom Brock Lecture". tombrock.com.au. Tom Brock Bequest Committee. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.