Jesse Sene-Lefao

Jesse Sene-Lefao (born 8 December 1989) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or second-row forward for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League.

Jesse Sene-Lefao
Personal information
Born (1989-12-08) 8 December 1989
Wellington, New Zealand
Height6 ft 2 in (1.89 m)
Weight17 st 0 lb (108 kg)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–15 Manly Sea Eagles 38 3 0 0 12
2016 Cronulla Sharks 6 0 0 0 0
2017– Castleford Tigers 90 15 0 0 60
Total 134 18 0 0 72
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Samoa 2 0 0 0 0
As of 26 December 2020
Source: [1][2]

He has previously played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL.

Background

Sene-Lefao was born in Wellington, New Zealand.

Early years

Sene-Lefao is nephew of West Tigers centre Tim Simona, and cousin of North Queensland Cowboys centre Matthew Wright. Sene-Lefao is of Samoan descent.

Sene-Lefao played his junior football for the Penrith Brothers before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. Sene-Lefao played for the Panthers' NYC team in 2008 and 2009, scoring 15 tries in 38 games.[3]

Playing career
Sene-Lefao playing for the Windsor Wolves in 2012

2013

In 2013, Sene-Lefao joined the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He made his NRL debut in the opening round of the season against the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium, playing off the interchange bench in the Sea Eagles 22–14 win.[4][5] Sene-Lefao played his 2nd and last match for the year in round 8.[6] He spent most of the year playing for the team's New South Wales Cup team.

2014

Sene-Lefao was selected in the Sea Eagles inaugural 2014 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[7] He made his international debut in May for Samoa in the test against Fiji at Penrith Stadium. Sene-Lefao played off the interchange bench in Samoa's 32–16 win.[8] Soon after, Sene-Lefao re-signed with the Sea Eagles on a 2-year contract.[9][10]

In round 13 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at Brookvale Oval, Sene-Lefao scored his first NRL career try in the Sea Eagles 32–10 win.[11] It was the sole try he scored from 25 matches in 2014. At the end of the season, Sene-Lefao was a late selection for Samoa in the Four Nations after Suaia Matagi was selected in the New Zealand national rugby league team squad.[12]

2015

Sene-Lefao was again part of the Sea Eagles Auckland Nines squad in 2015.[13] He scored 2 tries from his 11 matches in 2015. On 9 October, Sene-Lefao signed a 2-year contract with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, starting from 2016 after he was released from his final year of his contract with Manly.[14]

2016

Sene-Lefao played 6 games for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 2016. He was a vital squad member for Cronulla-Sutherland in 2016, filling in for captain Paul Gallen during the semis, and the injured Sam Tagataese towards the end of the season. Although he did not play in Cronulla's 2016 drought breaking premiership win, Sene-lefao is regarded by the boys as the rock that held the team together during the end of the season [15]

On 21 October 2016, Sene-Lefao signed a two-year contract that will see him be at the Castleford Tigers until 2018.

2017

He played in the 2017 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Leeds Rhinos at Old Trafford.[16][17][18]

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. "Jesse Sene-Lefao - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. "Harness and Greyhound". Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20130505044943/http://www.seaeagles.com.au/news-display/Final-Team-List-Rd1-Sea-Eagles-v-Broncos/69567. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Broncos v Sea Eagles preview". NRL.com. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. James Polson (6 May 2013). "Live: St George Illawarra Dragons v Manly Sea Eagles". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  7. "Squads For Auckland Nines". Rugby League Week. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  8. "Gutsy Samoa Secures Place in Four Nations Tournament". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. "re-sign Sene-Lefao". Sea Eagles. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  10. "Manly Re-Sign Sene-Lefao". Rugby League Week. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  11. "Manly Loses Daly Cherry-Evans as Sea Eagles Soar Against Canterbury Bulldogs". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  12. "Sene-Lefao leaves bucks night for Test team". NRL.com. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. "Jesse Sene-Lefao joins Cronulla". NRL.com. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  15. "Jesse Sene-Lefao rock at Cronulla". yorkshireeveiningpost. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  16. "Castleford 6-24 Leeds: Grand Final 2017 – as it happened". Guardian. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  17. "Grand Final 2017: Castleford 6-24 Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  18. "Danny McGuire guides Leeds to Grand Final success over Castleford". Guardian. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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