Moeroa playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2014.
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Personal information
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Born |
Avarua, Cook Islands |
2 October 1995 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 111 kg (17 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Second-row, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tepai Moeroa (born 2 October 1995) is a Cook Island–born Australian professional rugby league player who currently plays rugby league for the Parramatta Eels of the National Rugby League. Moeroa primarily plays at second-row and lock. Moeroa is a Prime Minister's XIII and World All Stars representative.
Born in the Cook Islands, Moeroa moved to Sydney, New South Wales as a 5-year old and played his junior rugby league for the Colyton Colts, St Clair Comets and Seven Hills Kangaroos. He was educated at Newington College before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. After finishing with Penrith, Moeroa joined the Parramatta Eels. Moeroa played for the Eels' Harold Matthews Cup team in 2010 and 2011, the S. G. Ball In 2011, Moeroa played for the New South Wales Under 16s team and was selected for the Under 18s team in 2013 but had to withdraw because of rugby union commitments. In 2012, Moeroa played for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team, also playing for them in 2013 along with the Australian rugby sevens team. Moeroa received 9 caps over two years playing for Australian Schoolboys, the third highest amount of caps equal with Quade Cooper and Kurtley Beale. Moeroa played for the Parramatta Eels NYC team in 2013 and 2014. Moeroa has been compared with Sonny Bill Williams, who is also a cross-code athlete.