Mickey Paea

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Mickey Paea
Personal information
Full name Mickey Paea
Date of birth 25 March 1986 (1986-03-25) (age 22)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Nickname(s) Mixta
Relatives Lelea Paea
Lopini Paea
Club information
Position(s) Second row
Current club Sydney Roosters
Number 18
Youth clubs
Years Club
Minto Cobras
Clovelly Crocodiles
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2005– Sydney Roosters 14 (4)
Representative teams**
Tonga

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 12:22, 23 October 2007 (UTC).
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 25 August 2006.

Micky Paea (born 25 March 1986 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player of Tongan descent who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is in the second row.

Paea made his first grade debut for the Roosters against the Cronulla Sharks at Toyota Park on June 17, 2005. He is being tipped by many to replace Craig Fitzgibbon when he retires .


[edit] 2007

Although only playing 4 games for the Sydney Roosters in 2007 he was still the best player for Roosters feeder club Newtown Jets winning Newtowns best player and the premier leagues best forward.

[edit] Tonga

In 2005 he made his international debut for Tonga against Samoa and since then has played in all 9 internationals for the Tongan side .