Apollo Perelini
| Full name | Apollo Perelini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 July 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 10 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Tim Cahill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Prop, Second-row | ||
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| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| – | Massey | () | |
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 19??-1992 1992-1994 ‐ 00 2000 ‐ 02 |
Auckland RU North Harbour RU St. Helens Sale Sharks |
198 63,Sub 3 |
(176) 63,Sub 3 |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1991-1993 |
Samoa RU Samoa RL |
9 | (0) |
Apollo Perelini (born 16 July 1969 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former Samoa dual code rugby international player. He is a New Zealand national.
Perelini played for St. Helens in the Championship and the Super League. He also played for Sale Sharks in the Zurich Championship and North Harbour in New Zealand. Perelini played both prop and second row in league, but just as a back row player in union.
He was named 'Apollo 11' because he was born on the day that the Apollo space project was launched.
In the 1991 Rugby Union World Cup he played as an open side flanker, in the Samoans' four games (against Scotland, Wales, Argentina and Australia). During the World Cup he gained the nickname of 'Terminator' for his fierce, hard-hitting tackling technique. In 1994 he received an approach from St. Helens to play rugby league in England. At first he rejected it, but finally agreed. In 1995 he played for rugby league for Samoa in the Rugby League World Cup, making him the first Samoan to play in World Cups in both codes.
Perelini played for St Helens at prop forward in the 1996 Challenge Cup Final, scoring a try in the last minutes and helping his team to a 40-32 victory over Bradford Bulls. At the end of Super League's first season, Perelini was named at prop forward in the 1996 Super League Dream Team.
Apollo Perelini played Left-Prop, i.e. number 8, in St. Helens' 16-25 defeat by Wigan in the 1995–96 Regal Trophy Final during the 1995–96 at Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on Saturday 13 January 1996.
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