Junior Rasolea

Junior Rasolea
Full name Solomoni Rasolea
Date of birth 29 April 1991
Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Weight 102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre / Wing
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2014− Perth Spirit 4 (15)
correct as of 1 December 2014.
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013– Force 21 (10)
Current local club GPS
correct as of 13 July 2014.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011–12 Australia 7s 2 (13)
correct as of 22 October 2012.

Solomoni 'Junior' Rasolea (born 29 April 1991) is an Australian rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is centre. He currently plays for the Western Force in Super Rugby.[1][2] He is a former Australia sevens international.[3]

Early years

Rasolea was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane[4] the same high school as Wallaby flanker David Pocock and flyhalf Quade Cooper.[2]

Rasolea played in the centres for Fiji during his second IRB Junior World Championship in 2011,[2] and also for the Queensland Under 16s (2007), the Queensland Schoolboys (2008–09) and the University club in Brisbane.[2]

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 10 January 2015
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2013 Force 12 7 5 613 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2014 Force 9 8 1 593 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Total 21 15 6 1206 2 0 0 0 10 0 0

References

  1. "Junior Rasolea Western Force profile". Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Sevens star signs with Western Force" (Press release). Western Force. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. "Junior Rasolea". Australia Sevens profile. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  4. Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.