Jesse Sene-Lefao
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| Sene-Lefao playing for the Windsor Wolves in 2012. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | 8 December 1989 Wellington, New Zealand | |||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||
| Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013– | Manly-Warringah | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2014 | Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Jesse Sene-Lefao (born 8 December 1989) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays second-row and centre. Sene-Lefao is nephew of West Tigers centre Tim Simona and cousin of North Queensland Cowboys centre Matthew Wright (rugby league).
Playing career
Sene-Lefao played his junior football for the Penrith Brothers before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. Sene-Lefao played for the Panthers' NYC team in 2008 and 2009, scoring 15 tries in 38 games.[1]
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2013-
2013
In 2013, Sene-Lefao joined the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. In Round 1 of the 2013 NRL season he made his NRL debut for the Sea Eagles against the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium, playing off the interchange bench in the Sea Eagles 22-14 win.[2][3] Sene-Lefao played his 2nd and last match for Sea Eagles in the 2013 NRL season in Round 8 against the St George Illawarra Dragons in the Sea Eagles 24-18 win at Jubilee Oval.[4] Sene-Lefao spent most the year playing for the Sea Eagles New South Wales Cup team. Sene-Lefao played 2 matches for the Sea Eagles in his debut year in the NRL in the 2013 NRL season.
2014
In 14 February 2014, Sene-Lefao was selected in the Sea Eagles inaugural 2014 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[5] On 3 May 2014, Sene-Lefao was selected to make his international debut for Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International test against Fiji at Penrith Stadium. Sene-Lefao played off the interchange bench in Samoa's 32-16 win.[6] On 27 June 2014, Sene-Lefao re-signed with the Sea Eagles on a 2-year contract.[7][8] In Round 13 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at Brookvale Oval, Sene-Lefao scored his first NRL career try in the Sea Eagles 32-10 win.[9] Sene-Lefao later finished off the Sea Eagles 2014 NRL season with him playing in 25 matches and scoring 1 try (4p). On 17 October 2014, Sene-Lefao was a late selection for the Samoa national rugby league team for the 2014 Four Nations after Suaia Matagi was selected in the New Zealand Kiwis squad.[10]
References
- ↑ http://www.rleague.com//db/player/s/sene-lefao_jesse/index.php
- ↑ http://www.seaeagles.com.au/news-display/Final-Team-List-Rd1-Sea-Eagles-v-Broncos/69567
- ↑ http://www.nrl.com/broncos-v-sea-eagles-preview/tabid/10874/newsid/70992/default.aspx
- ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/rugby-league-match-centre/live-st-george-illawarra-dragons-v-manly-sea-eagles-20130506-2j3au.html
- ↑ http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/squads-auckland-nines/
- ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/gutsy-samoa-secures-place-in-four-nations-tournament-following-win-over-fiji/story-fni3fbgz-1226904268873
- ↑ http://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2014/06/26/sea_eagles_re_sign_sene_lefao.html
- ↑ http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/manly-re-sign-sene-lefao/
- ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/manly-loses-daly-cherryevans-as-sea-eagles-soar-against-canterbury-bulldogs/story-fni3gnk1-1226946017521
- ↑ http://www.nrl.com/sene-lefao-leaves-bucks-night-for-test-team/tabid/10874/newsid/82567/default.aspx
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