Wes Naiqama

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Wes Naiqama
Personal information
Full name Wesley J. Naiqama
Date of birth October 19, 1982 (1982-10-19) (age 25)
Place of birth Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m)
Weight 15 st 0 lb (95 kg)
Club information
Position(s) Wing / Centre
Current club Newcastle Knights
Number 5
Youth clubs
Years Club
Arncliffe Scots
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2005 - St George Illawarra Dragons

Newcastle Knights

 38 (160)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Wes Naiqama (born October 19, 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales to Fijian parents) is a Fijian rugby league player for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League competition. Naiqama has represented Fiji on several occasions including the World Sevens, his position of choice is on the wing.

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[edit] Career highlights

  • Junior Club: Arncliffe Scots
  • First Grade Record: 29 appearances scoring 13 tries & 32 goals
  • In 2002 he scored 38 points (5 tries and 9 goals) in a Jersey Flegg for St George Illawarra against North Sydney.

[edit] Controversy

Recent public outbursts with his current lover, 4th placee in the first series of Australian Idol, Paulini Curuenavuli (who is a Young Diva), have seemingly unaffected his on-field abilities. However his future with the St George Illawarra Dragons is in doubt following more off-field incidents.

In December, 2006, Naiqama was arrested but not charged over an alleged assault in Sydney's King Cross.[1]

On 28 February, 2007, Wes Naiqama was convicted by a Sydney court for driving a car while his license was disqualified. The court sentenced Naiqama to serve a maximum of eight months periodic detention, with a non-parole period of four months. This was the fourth time Naiqama had been convicted of such an offence.[2][3]

As a child, Wes Naiqama attended James Cook Boys Technology High School.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 December, 2006. "Dragons' Naiqama lands in trouble again"
  2. ^ The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 February, 2007. "Weekends off for league: Naiqama gets PD"
  3. ^ Sydney Morning Herald, 8 June 2007. Story: "Wes Naiqama gets sentence reduced on appeal"[1]
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