1. Marika Koroibete was born on 26 July 1992 and is a dual-code international rugby league and rugby union footballer.
21 Facts About Marika Koroibete
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Marika Koroibete plays for the Australia national rugby union team, and plays as a winger for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby.
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Marika Koroibete started his career playing for Nasinu Secondary School in rugby union in Fiji.
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Marika Koroibete was signed after being spotted playing for the Fiji Under 19s in a match against Australian-born Fijian players.
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Marika Koroibete had been considering pursuing a career in sprinting, having run 100 metres in 10.75 seconds.
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Marika Koroibete played for the Tigers' Toyota Cup team in 2011 and 2012, scoring 22 tries in 26 games.
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Marika Koroibete scored two tries as the team won the 2012 Grand Final.
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Marika Koroibete then followed up with 2 tries against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs a fortnight later.
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On 21 August 2012, Marika Koroibete was named at wing in the 2012 Toyota Cup Team of the Year.
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Marika Koroibete was named the joint Rookie of the Year for the Wests Tigers, and one of the top ten upcoming youngsters in the NRL in Lifestyle Uncut Magazine.
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In February, Marika Koroibete was included in the Wests Tigers inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad, despite having a problem with his visa to gain entry into New Zealand.
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Marika Koroibete played in 10 matches and scored 6 tries for the Storm in 2014 after his mid-year transfer to the club.
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Marika Koroibete finished the 2015 season as the Storms' highest try-scorer with 16 tries in 23 matches.
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Marika Koroibete played for the Storm at the NRL Auckland Nines in 2015, and 2016.
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In October 2016, just weeks after playing in the 2016 NRL Grand Final, Marika Koroibete was named in the Wallabies squad for their end-of-year tour to Europe.
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Marika Koroibete did not play in the test matches but gained his first appearance playing for the Australia XV side against the French Barbarians team in Bordeaux.
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Marika Koroibete made his test debut for Australia against Argentina at Canberra on 16 September 2017.
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Marika Koroibete would make history by becoming the first winger to win the John Eales Medal in 2019, scoring a Wallabies-high seven tries this year and producing standout performances at the Rugby World Cup.
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Marika Koroibete polled 200 votes from his Wallabies teammates, 50 clear of centre Samu Kerevi.
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Marika Koroibete was named in World Rugby's Men's 15 Dream Team of the Year in 2022 after yet another standout year.
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Marika Koroibete won his second John Eales Medal in 2022, holding off Len Ikitau and Allan Alaalatoa.