Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
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Personal information
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| Nickname | Roger The Dodger, RTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 June 1993 Apia, Samoa |
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| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Fullback, Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (born 5 June 1993) is a Samoan-born New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for, and captains, the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. A New Zealand international representative fullback or winger, he previously played for the Sydney Roosters, with whom he won a premiership with in 2013.
Born in Apia, Samoa, Tuivasa-Sheck attended Otahuhu College in Auckland, where he played both rugby union and rugby league. Tuivasa-Sheck represented the New Zealand rugby union schoolboy team and captained Otahuhu College at the New Zealand Rugby League's Secondary Schools tournament in 2011 before being signed by the Sydney Roosters in October of that year.
Tuivasa-Sheck is the older brother of Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck who plays for the Rooster's under-20s side.
Tuivasa-Sheck played for the Roosters' NYC team in 2012 and scored 9 tries in 12 games before moving on to their New South Wales Cup reserve-grade team. In round 21 of the 2012 NRL season, Tuivasa-Sheck made his NRL debut on the wing in the Roosters' 36-16 loss against the Gold Coast Titans at the SFS. Tuivasa-Sheck finished his debut year with 6 matches. He was named at wing in the 2012 Toyota Cup Team of the Year. In September, Tuivasa-Sheck was featured in an article listing the top ten upcoming talents of the NRL.
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