Sam Moa

Sam Moa

Moa playing for Tonga
Personal information
Full name	Samuela Moa
Born	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 30) Tonga
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2008 Cronulla Sharks 1 0 0 0 0 2009–12 Hull F.C. 78 7 0 0 28 2013–16 Sydney Roosters 98 9 0 0 36 2017– Catalans Dragons 1 0 0 0 0 Total 178 16 0 0 64 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2008–13 Tonga 4 0 0 0 0 2013–16 New Zealand 9 2 0 0 8
As of 14 October 2016 Source: RLP

Samuela "Sam" Moa (born 14 August 1986) is a Tongan Born - New Zealand professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. A Tonga and New Zealand representative front-row forward, Moa has previously played for the Cronulla Sharks and the Sydney Roosters (with whom he won the 2013 Telstra Premiership) in the National Rugby League and Hull FC in the Super League.

Moa started his career at NRL side Wests Tigers before signing with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 2008 and playing in one National Rugby League match.

He was signed by Hull FC in January 2009 and arrived a week before the club's fixture with Huddersfield Giants which he featured off the bench in his debut. Moa is good friends with former Hull F.C. and Tonga team mate Willie Manu and former Hull F.C. and Tonga team mate Epalahame Lauaki (now at Bradford Bulls). The trio were commonly known by the Hull fans as 'The Tongan Mafia'.

Sam signed for the Sydney Roosters for the 2013 NRL season, winning the premiership with them at the end of the season. Many observed that Moa's performance in the grand final was particularly memorable, flattening Manly's Glenn Stewart with an aggressive kick-off return in the 1st minute. Controversially, Moa was not the Churchill Medallist with this being awarded to the Sea Eagles' half-back Daly Cherry-Evans.