Junior Pelesasa

Junior Pelesasa
Personal information
Full name Junior Pelesasa
Date of birth 17 October 1980 (1980-10-17) (age 31)
Place of birth Dunedin, New Zealand
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
School(s) attended Onehunga High School Nudgee College
Club information
Position(s) Centre
Current club Agen
Youth representative teams
1998
2001
Australia Schoolboys
Australia U-21
6
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
Brisbane Broncos
Super Rugby
Provincial sides
Perth Spirit
Wanneroo
Super Rugby
1999 ‐ __
2006 ‐
Queensland Reds
Western Force
33
17
Representative teams
2005 ‐ Australia A

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

Junior Pelesasa (born 17 October 1980 in New Zealand) is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays for Agen. He plays as a centre.

Career

Pelesasa moved to Australia from New Zealand at the age of 16. He has represented Australia Schoolboys, Australia Under 21's and Australia A. He spent two years playing for the Brisbane Broncos rugby league team after which he left Rugby League and joined Rugby Union playing for the Queensland provincial side before being drafted into the Queensland Reds Super 12 side where he played 33 matches for them. In 2006 he moved to a new Super Rugby franchise known as the Western Force. He played 5 matches for his new team during the 2006 season in which they finished last in the 2006 Super 14 competition.

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