Mosese Fotuaika

Mosese Fotuaika
Personal information
Born 25 March 1992
Gisborne, New Zealand
Died 28 February 2013 (aged 20)
Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 Wests Tigers 0 0 0 0 0
As of 25 August 2013

Mosese Fotuaika (25 March 1992 – 28 February 2013) was a New Zealand professional rugby league player for the Wests Tigers of the National Rugby League.[1] He primarily played prop. He was of Tongan and New Zealand descent.

Playing career

Mosese Fotuaika played his junior football for Keebra Park before being signed by the Wests Tigers.He played for the Tigers' NYC team in 2012.

In 2012, Fotuaika played in the Tigers' 2012 NYC Grand Final win over the Canberra Raiders. Mosese played a key role in Wests Tigers winning their inaugural NYC premiership in 2012 and was a full-time member of the Wests Tigers NRL squad for 2013.

Death

On 28 February 2013, Fotuaika was found dead by his girlfriend at his home in Merrylands in Greater Western Sydney. Police had been called to the home and they confirmed that they had found a man dead and his death was not being treated as suspicious. Hours earlier he had been at the Wests Tigers club Concord gym and he injured himself while bench pressing with friends and it is believed that Fotuaika suffered a badly-torn pectoral muscle while exerting himself hours before taking his own life.[2]

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