Herman Ese'ese

Herman Ese'ese (born 7 September 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL. He has played for both New Zealand and Samoa at international level. His positions are prop and lock.

Herman Ese'ese
Personal information
Born (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994
Auckland, New Zealand
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 Canterbury Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Brisbane Broncos 30 1 0 0 4
2018–20 Newcastle Knights 62 5 0 0 20
2021– Gold Coast Titans 0 0 0 0 0
Total 93 6 0 0 24
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017–19 Samoa 6 0 0 0 0
2018 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
As of 18 November 2020
Source: [1]

He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Brisbane Broncos and Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.

Background

Ese'ese was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Samoan descent.

He played his junior rugby league for the Mangere East Hawks and Wests Panthers, before being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2011.[2]

Ese'ese is the nephew of New Zealand Kiwis international Ali Lauiti'iti.[3]

Playing career

Early career

In 2013 and 2014, Ese'ese played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' NYC team.[4][5]

2015

In 2015, Ese'ese graduated to the Bulldogs' New South Wales Cup team.[6] In Round 7 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Bulldogs against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[7][8] He was contracted to the Bulldogs until the end of 2016,[9] however, after being stood down in April due to a drink driving charge,[10] he was released from the final year of his contract.[11] Late in the year, he signed with the Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Cup for 2016, while training with the Brisbane Broncos during the 2016 pre-season.[11]

2016

After gaining a contract with the Broncos during the pre-season, Ese'ese made his Broncos debut against the South Sydney Rabbitohs in Round 8 of the season.[12][13] In September, he re-signed with the Broncos on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.[14]

2017

Ese’ese earnt a starting spot at prop over Korbin Sims in some matches.[15] On 6 May, Ese’ese made his international debut for Samoa against England, playing off the interchange bench in the 30–10 loss at Campbelltown Stadium.[16][17]

In July, he signed a 3-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2018.[18] In round 25, he scored his first ever NRL try against the Parramatta Eels, in the Broncos' 34–52 loss at Suncorp Stadium.[19]

2018

In round 1 of the 2018 season, Ese'ese made his debut for Newcastle in their 19–18 golden point extra-time win over the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[20]

2019

Ese'ese played 18 games in the 2019 NRL season for Newcastle as the club finished 11th on the table for a second consecutive year.[21]

2020

In July, Ese'ese signed a 2-year contract with the Gold Coast Titans starting in 2021.[22]

References
  1. "Herman Eseese - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. "Dogs debutant Ese'ese's dream come true". NRL.com. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. TOOHEY, BARRY (11 July 2018). "Herman Ese'ese creating his own path at Knights after quitting Broncos". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. "Herman Ese'ese". Nycdatabase.org. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  5. "NYC LATE MAIL: Bulldogs v Roosters". Bulldogs.com.au. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  6. "VB NSW CUP TEAMS ROUND 1". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  7. "NRL 2015 - Round 7". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  8. "NRL LATE MAIL: Bulldogs v Sea-Eagles". Bulldogs.com.au. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  9. "16 ROOKIES YOU NEED TO WATCH AT THE NINES". Rugbyleagueweek.com.au. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  10. "Statement regarding Herman Ese'ese | NRL". Zero Tackle. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  11. "Sam Scarlett Joins Brisbane Herman Eseese to Train with Broncos During Pre-season". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  12. "Updated team lists: Broncos v Rabbitohs". NRL.com. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  13. NRL. "Late Mail - Broncos v Rabbitohs". Broncos. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  14. Broncos.com.au (1 September 2016). "Trio commit to Broncos". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  15. "Herman Ese'ese cements starting spot". 11 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  16. "Couriermail.com.au | Subscribe to The Courier Mail for exclusive stories". www.couriermail.com.au.
  17. "England too strong for Samoa". 6 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  18. "Knights sign Herman Ese'ese". Zero Tackle. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  19. "Eels send finals warning with Broncos demolition". Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  20. "Late mail: Knights v Manly". 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  21. "2019 SEASON REVIEW NEWCASTLE KNIGHT". Nothing But League.
  22. "HERMAN HEADED TO THE TITANS". Gold Coast Titans. 13 July 2020.
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