Joseph Leilua

Joseph Leilua

Leilua playing for the Knights in 2013.
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Ikenasio Poiva Leilua Kelemete
Nickname	BJ, Joey
Born	(1991-12-12) 12 December 1991 (age 25) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2010–12 Sydney Roosters 59 20 0 0 80 2013–15 Newcastle Knights 54 30 0 0 120 2015– Canberra Raiders 41 17 0 0 68 Total 154 67 0 0 268 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2012 NSW City 1 0 0 0 0 2013–17 Samoa 9 3 0 0 12
As of 23 July 2016 Source:

Joseph "Joey" "BJ" Leilua (born 12 December 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. A Samoan international and New South Wales City, he plays at centre and wing. He previously played for the Sydney Roosters and Newcastle Knights.

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Leilua is of Samoan descent. Leilua played his junior rugby league for Hurtsville United before being signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons. In 2010, Leilua joined the Sydney Roosters. Leilua played for the Roosters' NYC team in 2010, scoring 3 tries in 4 games. In 2009, he played for the Australian Schoolboys team.

In Round 12 of the 2010 NRL season, Leilua made his NRL debut for the Sydney Roosters against the Gold Coast Titans off the interchange bench in the Roosters 30-16 win at Cbus Super Stadium. In Round 19 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Leilua scored his first and second NRL career tries in the Roosters 36-32 win at ANZ Stadium. In the Roosters 2010 NRL Grand Final match against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Leilua played on the wing in the 32-8 loss. Leilua finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 17 matches and scoring 3 tries. He was also selected in the New Zealand training squad for the 2010 Four Nations but did not make the final squad.