Bukuya at the 2008 RLWC
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Personal information
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Second-row, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jayson Bukuya (born 21 April 1989) is a Fijian Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks of the National Rugby League. He plays as a lock or in the second-row. Bulaya is a premiership winning second rower, helping Cronulla win their maiden title in the 2016 season.
Bukuya attended Sandgate District State High School, he was also a Aspley and Norths Brisbane junior. Bukuya made his National Rugby League debut for the Cronulla Sharks in 2008. Bukuya played all 4 games for Fiji at the 2008 World Cup, and was again named in the Fiji squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.
He joined the New Zealand Warriors for the 2014 season.
On 1 November 2014, Bukuya was released from his Warriors' contract on compassionate grounds to return to Sydney.
On 11 November 2014, Bukuya signed a two-year deal to rejoin the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.