Ita Vaea

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Ita Vaea
Rugby union career

Full name	Ita Vaea
Date of birth	(1989-02-09) 9 February 1989
Place of birth	Tonga
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	119 kg (18 st 10 lb)
Playing career
Position	Openside Flanker
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2011–	Brumbies	26	(5)

correct as of 18 July 2012.

Ita Vaea (born 9 February 1989) is a Tongan rugby union player who plays for the Brumbies in Super Rugby. His playing position is openside flanker. He made his Brumbies debut during the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Sharks in Canberra.

Vaea made 26 appearances for the Brumbies during the 2011 and 2012 seasons and signed a contract extension in 2012 to keep him in Canberra until 2014,^[1] but was ruled out of the entire 2013 Super Rugby season after a blood clot was discovered on his heart.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Vaea attended Nelson College from 2006 to 2007.^[5]

References

↑ "Brumbies re-sign four of their new stars". SuperXV. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
↑ "Brumbies back-row Ita Vaea has been ruled out of the Super Rugby season". Sky Sports. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
↑ "Vaea puts heart clot behind him". Canberra Times. Rugby Heaven. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
↑ "Ita Vaea's future at ACT Brumbies to be decided by doctors". Sydney Morning Herald. Rugby Heaven. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
↑ The Bulletin, November 2011. Retrieved 2 Dec 2012.

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Squads

v t e Brumbies – 2014 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Fotu Auelua Jarrad Butler Sam Carter Scott Fardy Joshua Mann-Rea Stephen Moore Ben Mowen Ruaidhri Murphy David Pocock Leon Power Siliva Siliva Scott Sio Jordan Smiler Ruan Smith Ita Vaea Jack Whetton

Backs	Robbie Coleman Lionel Cronjé Conrad Hoffmann Tevita Kuridrani Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Jesse Mogg Clyde Rathbone Andrew Smith Henry Speight Harumichi Tatekawa Joe Tomane Matt Toomua Nic White

Coach	Stephen Larkham

v t e Brumbies – 2013 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Fotu Auelua Sam Carter Colby Fainga'a Scott Fardy Peter Kimlin Joshua Mann-Rea Stephen Moore Ben Mowen Ruaidhri Murphy Etienne Oosthuizen Dan Palmer David Pocock Leon Power Siliva Siliva Scott Sio Jordan Smiler George Smith Ruan Smith Did not play: Ita Vaea

Backs	Robbie Coleman Zack Holmes Tevita Kuridrani Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Jesse Mogg Ian Prior Clyde Rathbone Andrew Smith Henry Speight Mark Swanepoel Joe Tomane Matt Toomua Nic White Did not play: Tom Cox

Coach	Jake White

v t e Brumbies – 2012 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Fotu Auelua Sam Carter Colby Fainga'a Scott Fardy Ben Hand Anthony Hegarty Michael Hooper Peter Kimlin Stephen Moore Ben Mowen Ruaidhri Murphy Dan Palmer Leon Power Scott Sio Ita Vaea Did not play: Jono Owen Siliva Siliva Jerry Yanuyanutawa

Backs	Robbie Coleman Cam Crawford Zack Holmes Tevita Kuridrani Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Jesse Mogg Ian Prior Andrew Smith Henry Speight Joe Tomane Matt Toomua Nic White Did not play: Tom Cox Kimami Sitauti

Coach	Jake White

v t e Brumbies – 2011 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Tom Boidin Sam Carter Mitchell Chapman Mark Chisholm Huia Edmonds Rocky Elsom Colby Fainga'a Ben Hand Anthony Hegarty Stephen Hoiles Michael Hooper Peter Kimlin Elvis Levi Salesi Ma'afu Stephen Moore Jono Owen Dan Palmer Julian Salvi Ita Vaea Henry Vanderglas Jerry Yanuyanutawa

Backs	Adam Ashley-Cooper Robbie Coleman Francis Fainifo Matt Giteau Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Patrick Phibbs Andrew Smith Tyrone Smith Henry Speight Matt Toomua Josh Valentine Nic White Did not play: Ed Stubbs Samu Wara

Coach	Tony Rea

Persondata
Name	Ita Vaea
Alternative names
Short description	Tongan rugby union player
Date of birth	9 February 1989
Place of birth	Tonga
Date of death
Place of death

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