Suliasi Vunivalu
Vunivalu playing for the Storm in 2014.
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Personal information
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27 November 1995 Suva, Fiji |
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| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg (15 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 5 August 2017
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Suliasi Vunivalu (born 27 November 1995) is a Fijian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. A Fiji international representative, he plays on the wing.
Born in Suva, Fiji, Vunivalu grew up in the province of Bua and was educated at Lelean Memorial School. He moved to Auckland, New Zealand at the age of 16 and played rugby union for Saint Kentigern College.
When Vunivalu turned 17, he made the Auckland Blues development team after impressing in schoolboy rugby. He was then signed by the Melbourne Storm at 18 years old. In 2014 and 2015, he played for the Melbourne Storm's NYC team.
In 2016, Vunivalu graduated to the Storm's Queensland Cup team, Eastern Suburbs Tigers. In Round 7 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Storm against the Wests Tigers, scoring two tries on debut. He went on to score doubles in his second, third, fifth and eighth games also, gaining top position on the club's try-scorers list for the 2016 season. On 3 September, he set the record for most tries in a debut season record by scoring his 22nd try of the season against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, eclipsing the previous record of 21 tries set by Israel Folau back in 2007. He was also the top-try scorer of the season. On 2 October, he played in the 2016 NRL Grand Final loss against Sharks.
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