Junior Roqica
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vitale Junior Roqica | |||||
| Born | 13 February 1991 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2014– | Cronulla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013 | Fiji | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Junior Roqica (born 13 February 1991) is an Australian rugby league player, of Fijian descent[1] for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League. His position is on the wing, although he can play at centre and second row.
Career
Roqica played junior football with Concord Burwood and participated in the Balmain Tigers Development Program. He also played for Holy Cross College Ryde, and represented NSW Catholic Colleges when he was 17.[2] In 2008, he played for the Australian schoolboys side.[3]
Roqica was signed with the Wests Tigers top 25 squad from 2010 to 2011, and was with the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2012, but failed to make a first-grade appearance at either club.
He is now signed with Cronulla Sharks and is yet to debut.
International Career
Roqica was named in the Fiji squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, and made his international debut against Ireland. [4] He scored the decisive try in Fiji's quarter-final victory over Samoa.
References
- ↑ http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=103335
- ↑ Chris Karas (23 July 2008). "Sports News". Weekly Times. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ↑ "Junior Roqica". weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ↑ http://fijilive.com/sports/news/2013/09/civoniceva-wes-naiqama-to-lead-fiji-bati/32752.Fijilive