Macgraff Leuluai
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Full name | Macgraff David E Leuluai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | 9 February 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 15 st 4 lb (97 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 21 December 2020 |
Macgraff David E. Leuluai (born 9 February 1990) is a rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row or loose forward.
Background
[edit]He was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.[citation needed]
His father, James, and his brother, Thomas, have both represented New Zealand and he is part of a wider Leuluai family that includes Phillip and Kyle.[citation needed]
Playing career
[edit]Born in Wakefield while his father was playing for Wakefield Trinity, Leuluai was a Newcastle Knights junior before joining Leigh Centurions as an 18-year-old in 2009.[3] As he was born in Wakefield, Leuluai does not require a work permit to play in England and does not count on the overseas quota.[citation needed]
Leuluai joined Widnes in 2011 on a one-year contract. This was later extended to a Super League deal ending in 2013.[4]
On 19 August 2020 it was announced that Leuluai would leave Widnes at the end of the 2020 season[5]
References
[edit]- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ RLP
- ^ Leuluai signs for Leigh Manchester Evening News, 15 January 2009
- ^ Macgraff Leuluai signs Super League deal Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News, 21 June 2011
- ^ "Widnes Vikings trio to leave the club". Runcorn and Widnes World. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1990 births
- Living people
- Leigh Leopards players
- Leuluai family
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby league players in England
- English people of New Zealand descent
- North Wales Crusaders players
- Rugby league players from Wakefield
- Rugby league props
- Rugby league second-rows
- Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players
- Widnes Vikings players
- Workington Town players