1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was born on 5 June 1993 and is a dual-code rugby international footballer who plays as a winger for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League, and as a Fullback for Samoa.
35 Facts About Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck previously played as a fullback for the Warriors, becoming their first player to win the Dally M Medal in 2018.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck played on the wing for the Sydney Roosters, with whom he won a premiership in 2013, and at centre for the Blues in the Super Rugby.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck attended Otahuhu College in Auckland, where he played both rugby union and rugby league.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck played for the Roosters' NYC team in 2012 and scored 9 tries in 12 games before moving on to their New South Wales Cup reserve-grade team.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was named at wing in the 2012 Toyota Cup Team of the Year.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was named the New Zealand Rugby League's 2012 Junior of the Year.
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On 21 December, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck extended his contract for a further three years, keeping him at the Roosters till the end of the 2015 season.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck played in 25 matches and scored 9 tries for the Roosters in the 2013.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck played 6 matches and scored 8 tries in the tournament.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck finished the 2014 NRL season with 7 tries from 26 matches.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was named the fullback for the Roosters going forward, replacing Anthony Minichiello due to his retirement.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck returned to the Kiwis side at the end of the year to play in their tour of Great Britain.
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On 26 September, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was named "Fullback of The Year" and the "Dally M" Medalist of the Year at the 2018 Dally M Awards.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck became the first New Zealand Warriors player to receive this honour.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck finished the season scoring just 3 tries and playing in 23 games for the Warriors, but suffered a season-ending injury early in the Week 1 Finals loss to the Penrith Panthers.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck made 23 appearances scoring 7 tries in the 2019 NRL season as New Zealand finished a disappointing 13th and missed out on the finals.
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Later that year Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was awarded the Rugby League World Golden Boot Award for the best international player of the year.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck made a total of 18 appearances for New Zealand in the 2020 NRL season as the club missed out on the finals.
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On 6 February, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck signed a two-year contract with the Blues from the 2022 season, and will play for Auckland in the Mitre 10 Cup.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck played in 17 games for the Warriors in the 2021 NRL season.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck finished the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season playing in 11 games for the Blues including the Blues' final loss to the Crusaders.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was named in the All Blacks squad for their test series against Ireland and debuted on 16 July 2022 at Wellington.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck made his debut for Auckland in the 2022 Bunnings NPC competition later in the year.
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On 20 April 2023, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck confirmed he will be returning to the New Zealand Warriors on a three-year deal beginning in 2024.
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Later that year Roger Tuivasa-Sheck revealed on The Morning Shift Podcast that in his return to the club that he will go in as a centre, rather than his traditional position of fullback.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck finished the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season playing in seven games, as he missed out on selection for the All Blacks' squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck started at fullback for Auckland in the 2023 Bunnings NPC.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck made 18 appearances for the New Zealand Warriors in the 2024 NRL season and scored five tries which saw the club finish 13th on the table.
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On 27 March 2025, it was announced that Roger Tuivasa-Sheck would be ruled out for at least eight weeks with a hamstring injury.
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In May 2015, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was first to the scene where a car crashed into a house near his home in the Sydney suburb of Botany.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck rescued a man from the car, and stayed with the occupants of the house in question until medical services were able to arrive.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was convicted of drink-driving in October 2023 after he was caught with excess breath alcohol at a routine police checkpoint in the early hours of 10 September.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck had been drinking with teammates at Sky City the night before and thought he was sober enough to drive.
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was fined $600 and disqualified from driving for six months.