Joseph Paulo

Joseph Paulo

Personal information
Nickname	Seffa
Born	(1988-01-02) 2 January 1988 (age 29) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	106 kg (16 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position	Lock, Second-row, Five-eighth
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2008–11 Penrith Panthers 30 4 0 0 16 2011–15 Parramatta Eels 86 2 9 0 26 2016– Cronulla Sharks 24 1 0 0 4 Total 140 7 9 0 46 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–10 Samoa 7 0 15 0 30 2011–13 United States 8 3 18 0 48 2015 NRL All Stars 1 0 0 0 0 2015–17 NSW City 2 0 0 0 0
As of 19 July 2016 Source:

Joseph Paulo (born 2 January 1988) is a New Zealand-born professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League. A Samoan and United States international, NRL All Stars and New South Wales City representative, he plays at lock, second-row and five-eighth. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers and Parramatta Eels.

Paulo was born in Auckland and attended Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown. He is of American Samoan and Niuean descent, and is eligible for Australia, Niue, New Zealand, Samoa and the USA at international level. He is also an Australian Schoolboys international.

In round 6, against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Paulo made his NRL debut for the Penrith Panthers, starting at second-row in the 21-20 golden point extra time win at Remondis Stadium. Paulo would go on to play in 8 matches in his debut year, but also played for the Panthers NYC team.