Tyrone Viiga
Tyrone Viiga (born 9 June 1992) is an Australian professional rugby footballer of Cook Islands & Samoan heritage. He plays for AS Béziers Hérault. He previously played for the NSW Country Eagles, and Sydney RAMS and also represented the Cook Islands at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. He has played both 'codes' but is currently a Rugby Union professional.
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| Birth name | Tyrone Viiga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 June 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Rugby league
Viiga played as a prop in rugby league. He was a member of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Under 20's side in 2012, before joining the Wentworthville Magpies in the NSW Cup competition.
Rugby union
Viiga switched to rugby union to play in the Shute Shield competition as a backrower with the Penrith club in 2014 and then Eastern Suburbs in 2015. He was signed by the New South Wales Country Eagles team for the 2015 National Rugby Championship.[2] Joined Two Blue (Parramatta) 2016, Western Sydney Rams NRC 2016
References
- RLP
- CSU NSW Country Eagles announce 2015 NRC squad Archived 9 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine