Junior Sau

Junior Sa'u

Personal information
Full name	Tafeaga Junior Sa'u
Nickname	Hot Sauce
Born	(1987-04-18) 18 April 1987 (age 30) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2008–12 Newcastle Knights 86 26 0 0 104 2013 Melbourne Storm 4 1 0 0 4 2014– Salford Red Devils 75 37 0 0 148 Total 165 64 0 0 256 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–10 New Zealand 9 8 0 0 32 2013 Samoa 2 0 0 0 0
As of 5 September 2015 Source: Rugby League Project

Junior Sa'u (born 18 April 1987) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for Salford in the European Super League. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights and Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays as a centre.

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Sa'u played his junior football for Logan Brothers in Queensland, Australia before being signed by the Canberra Raiders. He played for the Raiders' Premier League team in 2006, scoring 7 tries before signing a 4-year contract starting in 2008 to be a part of the newly cleaned out Newcastle Knights.

In Round 13 of the 2008 NRL season he made his NRL début for the Knights against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. He scored 2 tries on debut. In June 2011, Sa'u re-signed with the Knights for a further 2 years.

On 18 August 2012, Sa'u was released from the final year of his Knights contract and signed with the Melbourne Storm on a 1-year contract starting in 2013.

In June 2013, it was announced that Sa'u had signed a two-year deal with Salford in the European Super League starting in 2014.

Scoring 12 tries in his début season with Salford, Junior was voted 'Supporter's Player of the Year' for 2014.

In 2008, Sa'u was named in the Samoa training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup but did not make the final squad.