Moses Suli

Moses Suli
Personal information
Born (1998-06-09) 9 June 1998
Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 106 kg (16 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre, Wing

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Wests Tigers 16 2 0 0 8
2018– Manly-Warringah 17 1 0 0 4
Total 33 3 0 0 12
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Tonga 1 1 0 0 4
As of 3 February 2018
Source: [1]

Mosese "Moses" Suli (born 9 June 1998) is a Tongan international rugby league who plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He made his debut for the Wests Tigers and was signed by the Canterbury Bulldogs for the 2018 NRL season before his contract was terminated in the pre-season for repeated indiscretions.

He plays as a centre and wing.

Background

Suli was born in Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Tongan descent[2]

He played his junior rugby league for Fairfield United. He was then signed by the Wests Tigers. Suli later said, "I got axed by Parra in Harold Matthews when I was 16. They actually wanted me back but I just didn’t want to go back. I just said I wasn’t interested. I was going good at the Tigers and I just wanted to stay here."[3]

Playing career

2016

In 2016, Suli played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team.[4]

2017

In January, Suli re-signed with the Tigers on a 3-year contract until the end of 2020.[5] In round 1 of the 2017 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the South Sydney Rabbitohs,[6][7] scoring a try.[8] The Daily Telegraph said, "Apart from owning wonderful speed, footwork and vision, Suli is also larger than your favourite reality TV star’s ego. Truly, this young bloke is the real deal. A genuine Next Big Thing."[9]

2018

On January 31, Suli was released by the Wests Tigers. It was reported that Suli would only attend training sessions for five minutes, and would sleep in a teammates car while the team was training.[10]'He was quickly signed by the Canterbury Bulldogs. However, 28 days later, his new contract was terminated by the Belmore-based club following repeated indiscretions.[11] It was revealed he had been given 2 warnings in his first 2 weeks at the club.[12]

Suli subsequently joined Manly-Warringah, making his debut in round 9. By round 14, he had been dropped again after misplacing his passport and missing training in New Zealand.[13]

References

  1. "Mosese Suli - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  2. Proszenko, Adrian (2017-02-04). "Wests Tigers wonder kid Mosese Suli doing it for his late father". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  3. Matt Encarcion. "Wests Tigers winger Moses Suli knocked back Parramatta's offer to return". Fox Sports.
  4. "S". NYC Database. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  5. "Moses Suli commits to Wests Tigers - Tigers". Go1.weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  6. "Updated team lists: Rabbitohs v Tigers". NRL.com. 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  7. "Late Changes: NRL Round 1 vs. Rabbitohs - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  8. "Tedesco-inspired Tigers smash Souths". NRL.com. 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  9. Nick Walshaw. "Moses Suli stars with brilliant debut in Tigers victory over South Sydney". Daily Telegraph.
  10. Michael Chammas. "Suli failed to respond to Bulldogs warnings". nrl.com.
  11. "Moses Suli released by Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs".
  12. "Sleeping in a car at training: The bizarre decline of Moses Suli". Fox Sports.
  13. Adrian Proszenko. "Suli axed for missing training ... again". Sydney Morning Herald.
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