Dominique Peyroux

Dominique Peyroux
Peyroux in 2008
Personal information
Born 21 January 1989
Auckland, New Zealand
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–12 Gold Coast Titans 16 3 0 0 12
2013– NZ Warriors 20 1 0 0 4
Total 36 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–13 Cook Islands 7 5 0 0 20
2014 Samoa 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

Dominique Peyroux (born 21 January 1989[3][4] or 21 August 1987[5][6] in New Zealand) is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition. He primarily plays at centre but has been known to convert to the wings and the back-row. Peyroux represented the Cook Islands at international level in the 2009 Pacific Cup and the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Early years

New Zealand born, Peyroux is of Cook Island, French, Samoan, and Solomon Island descent.[7] Peyroux played junior rugby league for the Otahuhu Leopards, Mangere East Hawks and Papatoetoe Panthers.[8] He attended and played for the Sarah Redfern High School after moving to Australia with his family at age 15 to pursue his rugby league career. Peyroux signed with the Sydney Roosters and then moved to Mattraville Sports High School in his final year of schooling, winning the AAC National Champions Trophy with the school in 2007.[9]

Playing career

Peyroux signed professionally for the Sydney Roosters in 2007 but never featured for their first grade side, instead playing in the National Youth Competition in the Under 20 set-up.[10] He then featured for Sydney's feeder side, the Newtown Jets, in the New South Wales Cup for the 2008 season,[11] before joining the Gold Coast Titans.[10] In 2010, he was dual registered with Tweed Heads Seagulls, a feeder club to the Titans.

He made his debut for the Titans in 2011 and played sixteen games for the club.[2]

Peyroux joined the New Zealand Warriors for the 2013 season and made his debut for the club on 3 June 2013.[12]

Representative career

Peyroux was selected for the Cook Islands for their 2009 Pacific Cup competition in October 2009 and featured against Samoa, in a 22-20 win to qualify for the group stages,[13] and against Fiji in another narrow win; 24-22 in which Peyroux, playing on the wing, scored twice, the second of which being the match-winning try in the final minute.[14][15][16] This win guided them to the final against Papua New Guinea on 1 November 2009. They lost this final by 42-14, a game in which Peyroux scored his third try in as many games in the tournament.[17]

Peyroux played for 'the Kukis' in their 2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign. He scored a try in 2 of their 3 games in the Tournament.

In May 2014, Peyroux played for another Pacific Island Nation. He represented Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International.

On 8 September 2014, Peyroux was selected for the Samoa Four Nations train on squad.[18] On 7 October 2014, Peyroux was selected in the Samoa national rugby league team final 24 man squad for the 2014 Four Nations series.He was only used once in the four nations campaign[19][20]

Personal life

Whilst playing for the Roosters in 2008, Peyroux featured in the Naked For A Cause initiative Gods of Football in which AFL and ARL players compiled a nude calendar to raise money for breast cancer charity the McGrath Foundation.[21][22]

References

  1. ↑ Dominique Peyroux rleague.com
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dominique Peyroux rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ↑ Becht, Richard (1 November 2012). "Gold Coast's Peyroux signs for Vodafone Warriors". warriors.co.nz. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Player Profile". nrl.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Dominique Peyroux - Career Stats & Summary". rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Dominique Peyroux". zerotackle.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  7. ↑ http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/07/27/335895_gold-coast-titans.html
  8. ↑ Gold Coast's Peyroux signs for Vodafone Warriors warriors.co.nz, 1 November 2012
  9. ↑ "Matraville Win 1st Arrive Alive Cup". ourfootyteam.com. 2007-09-23. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Dominique Peyroux Profile". rleague.com. 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  11. ↑ "Dominique Peyroux Profile Image at Newtown Jets 2008 Squad Webpage". newtownjets.com. 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  12. ↑ Titans off-load two more to NRL rivals nrl.com, 1 November 2012
  13. ↑ "Cook Islands progress to Pacific Cup". nrl.com. 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
  14. ↑ "Cook Islands continue run of upsets". news.theage.com.au. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  15. ↑ "Giant killers strike again - Cook Islands defeat Fiji". nrl.com. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  16. ↑ "Cook Islands snatch 24-22 win over Fiji". nrl.com. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  17. ↑ "PNG win place in Four Nations". dailytelegraph.com.au. 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  18. ↑ http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/samao-train-on-squad-announced-14837/
  19. ↑ http://www.nrl.com/toa-samoa-name-four-nations-squad/tabid/10874/newsid/82434/default.aspx
  20. ↑ http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/toa-samoa-name-four-nations-squad-15250/
  21. ↑ "Gods of Football Website". godsoffootball.com. 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  22. ↑ "Dominique Peyroux Gods of Football Image". cosmopolitan.com.au. 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2009-11-07.