Eddie Paea

Eddie Paea
Personal information
Born (1988-02-08) 8 February 1988 (age 36)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionHalfback, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006–08 South Sydney 8 3 1 0 14
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–10 Tonga 7 1 6 0 16
2018 Niue 3 0 7 0 14
Rugby union
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–12 Tonga 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]
As of 10 November 2017

Edmond "Eddie" Paea (born 8 February 1988) is a dual-code rugby international rugby footballer for Tonga. Beginning his professional career playing rugby league with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League, Paea made his debut for the Tongan rugby league team at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, before changing to rugby union and representing the Tongan rugby union team. Eddie currently plays for his junior team, the Mascot Juniors RLFC in the A Grade South Sydney Junior Rugby League competition which Eddie returned to in 2019.

Background

Paea was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Rugby league career

Paea made his NRL debut for the Rabbitohs in round 26 of the 2006 season against the Wests Tigers. A Junior Kiwi representative,[3] Paea was named in Tonga's squad for the 2008 World Cup.[4] Paea scored his first senior international try in the World Cup match against Scotland on 8 November 2008. He also converted one try.[5] Paea spent the majority of his time whilst contracted with South Sydney playing for their feeder team, the North Sydney Bears, in the NSW Cup. Paea made a total of 42 appearances for Norths, scoring 15 tries, kicking 79 goals and scoring a total of 218 points.[6]

International caps
Cap Date Venue Opponent Competition T G FG Points
1
 18 October 2008 Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland  New Zealand
0
0
0
0
2
 31 October 2008 Penrith Stadium, Sydney  Samoa 2008 World Cup
0
0
0
0
3
 8 November 2008 Browne Park, Rockhampton  Scotland
1
1
0
6
4
 14 October 2009 Rotorua International Showground, Rotorua  New Zealand
0
2
0
4
5
 25 October 2009 Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby  Papua New Guinea 2009 Pacific Cup
0
1
0
2
6
 31 October 2009 Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby  Fiji
0
1
0
2
7
 24 October 2010 Parramatta Stadium, Sydney  Samoa
0
1
0
2
8
 4 October 2018 St Marys Stadium, Sydney  Malta 2018 Emerging Nations World Championship
0
3
0
6
9
 10 October 2018 New Era Stadium, Sydney  Greece
0
2
0
2
10
 13 October 2018 St Marys Stadium, Sydney  Malta
0
2
0
4

Rugby union career

Paea played Rugby Union in Krasnoyarsk Russia for Krasny Yar[7] as a first-5.[8] They are currently the holders of the Russian Cup and were the 2015 Russian Champions.[9]

International caps
Cap Date Venue Opponent Competition T G FG Points
1
 8 June 2011 Surrey  United States 2011 Churchill Cup
0
0
0
0
2
 23 June 2012 Churchill Park, Lautoka  Fiji 2012 Pacific Nations Cup
0
0
0
0

References

  1. ^ "Eddie Paea". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ "Eddie Paea – Tonga". ESPNscrum.
  3. ^ "League: Paea called into Kiwis". The New Zealand Herald. 2 November 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  4. ^ "Samoa, Tonga and Fiji name squads". BBC. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  5. ^ "The pipes fell silent". The Courier Mail. 10 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. ^ "South Sydney Rabbitohs North Sydney Bears Affiliated Players".
  7. ^ "Home". yar-rugby.ru.
  8. ^ Brilliant line breack and assist by tonganian rugby Eddie Paea | Russian Rugby Championship 2016. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ The great try of Edmond Paea from Tonga in the final of Russian Championship. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021 – via YouTube.