| Nu'uausala while playing for the Roosters in 2010 | ||||||
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| Nickname | Frank Paul the Wrecking Ball[1] | |||||
| Born | 13 February 1987 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 114 kg (250 lb) | |||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row, Lock | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2007– | Sydney Roosters | 67 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2009–2010 | New Zealand | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala (born on 13 February 1987 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a professional rugby league player from New Zealand who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters.
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Nu'uausala has played rugby league since the age of 5 with Mangere East Hawks. He was signed by the New Zealand Warriors when he was only 14 and played in their lower grades until 2006 when he was cut by incoming coach Ivan Cleary.[2] He played for the Otahuhu-Ellerslie Leopards in the 2004 Bartercard Cup and toured England with New Zealand 'A'.[3]
He signed for the Sydney Roosters and made his first grade debut in 2007.
Nu'uausala was named in the New Zealand Kiwis squad for the 2009 Four Nations.[2] He made his debut against Tonga.[4] He scored his first try at international level for New Zealand against Australia in round one of the rugby league four nations tournament in front of a crowd of 12,360 in Twickenham Stoop, London, England.
Nu'uausala 's father is half-Samoan, half-Solomon Islander, and his mother is half-Samoan, half-Chinese.[5] He comes from a large family of 6 sisters and 6 brothers. He is the fifth eldest.
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