1. Joseph Leilua was born on 12 December 1991 and is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays centre for the Wyong Roos in the Central Coast Division Rugby League.
44 Facts About Joseph Leilua
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Joseph Leilua played for the City Origin team in 2012, and played as a winger earlier in his career.
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Joseph Leilua was born in Sydney, Australia, and is of Samoan descent.
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Joseph Leilua played his junior rugby league for Hurstville United before being signed by the St George Illawarra Dragons.
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Joseph Leilua played for the Roosters' NYC team in 2010, scoring 3 tries in 4 games.
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Joseph Leilua finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 17 matches and scoring 3 tries in the 2010 NRL season.
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Joseph Leilua was selected in the New Zealand training squad for the 2010 Four Nations but did not make the final squad.
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Joseph Leilua finished the 2011 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 11 tries for the Roosters.
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In January 2012, Joseph Leilua was named in the New South Wales Emerging Blues squad, pledging his allegiance to Australia.
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On 22 April 2012, Joseph Leilua re-signed with the Roosters on a 2-year contract.
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In Game 1 of the 2012 State of Origin series, Joseph Leilua was named 19th man for the New South Wales team.
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Joseph Leilua finished the 2012 NRL season with him playing in 19 matches and scoring 6 tries.
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In October 2012, Joseph Leilua was arrested after being accused of breaching an AVO, spitting on his ex-girlfriend, and distributing lewd photos of her.
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Joseph Leilua was then placed on a one-year good behaviour bond after being found guilty of sending nude photos of his former girlfriend to her brother and a friend.
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On 18 December 2012, Joseph Leilua was released from his Roosters contract due to disciplinary reasons.
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On 5 March 2013, Joseph Leilua officially signed a two-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in the same year.
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Joseph Leilua finished his first season with the Newcastle Knights with him playing in 19 matches and scoring 13 tries.
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Joseph Leilua was selected to represent Samoa in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, held in England and Wales.
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Joseph Leilua played in all 4 matches and scored a try in the tournament.
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In February 2014, Joseph Leilua was selected in the Knights inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad.
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On 22 April 2014, Joseph Leilua re-signed with the Knights for a further two years, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2016 season.
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Joseph Leilua finished the season with him playing in 22 matches and scoring 11 tries.
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On 7 October 2014, Joseph Leilua was selected in the Samoa final 24-man squad for the 2014 Four Nations series.
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Joseph Leilua played in all 3 matches and scored a try in the tournament.
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On 14 May 2015, Joseph Leilua executed a clause in his contract, releasing him from the final year of his Newcastle contract, making him a free agent for 2016.
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On 15 June 2015, Joseph Leilua was granted a release from his 2015 contract mid-season, allowing him to join his new team effective immediately.
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On 17 June 2015, Joseph Leilua joined the Canberra Raiders mid-season for the rest of the year.
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Joseph Leilua finished off the 2015 NRL season, having played in 19 games, 13 for Newcastle and 6 for Canberra, and scoring 6 tries, all for the Knights.
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On 13 November 2018, Joseph Leilua re-signed with the Raiders on a 3-year contract.
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On 26 September 2016, Joseph Leilua was named the Australia 2016 Four Nations train-on squad but later dropped out due to a hamstring injury.
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On 28 September 2016, Joseph Leilua was named as the Centre of the Year at the 2016 Dally M Awards night, a significant uprise from being in the lows of falling out of favour at the Newcastle Knights at the start of 2015 NRL season.
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Joseph Leilua finished his solid 2016 NRL season with him playing in 25 matches and scoring 11 tries for Canberra.
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On 7 June 2017, Joseph Leilua extended his contract with the Canberra club to the end of the 2020 season.
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Joseph Leilua finished the 2017 NRL season with him playing in 24 matches and scoring 10 tries for the Raiders.
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On 6 October 2017, Joseph Leilua was selected in the 24-man squad for Samoa in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
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Joseph Leilua played in all 4 matches, starting at centre in Samoa's disappointing campaign.
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Joseph Leilua finished his rocks and diamonds 2018 NRL season with him playing in all of Canberra's 24 matches and being their highest try-scorer with 14 tries.
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Joseph Leilua began the 2019 NRL season in good form scoring 4 tries in 7 games as the club sat in the top 4 of the competition in the opening rounds.
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Scans later revealed that Joseph Leilua had suffered a neck injury and was ruled out for the season.
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Joseph Leilua played a total of 12 games for Canberra as the club reached their first grand final in 25 years.
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Joseph Leilua made his debut for Wests against St George Illawarra in round 1 of the 2020 NRL season at WIN Stadium.
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In round 8 against Penrith, Joseph Leilua was sin binned after hitting Penrith player Dylan Edwards around the head in an off the ball incident.
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Joseph Leilua played a total of 14 games for Wests in the 2020 NRL season scoring four tries as the club finished 11th and missed out on the finals.
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On 28 May, Joseph Leilua played for Featherstone in their 2022 RFL 1895 Cup final loss against Leigh.