28 Facts About Sisa Waqa

Sisa Waqa was born on 29 April 1986 and is a Fijian retired professional rugby footballer who last played for FC Grenoble in French Rugby Union.

Sisa Waqa previously played for the Sydney Roosters in 2009, Melbourne Storm between 2011 and 2014, where he won the 2012 NRL premiership and the Canberra Raiders between 2015 and 2016.

Sisa Waqa was educated at Ratu Kadavulevu School and was a member of the Deans Trophy-winning side in 2005.

Sisa Waqa represented 2006 Fiji Under 18s and 2006 Fiji Rugby Under 20s.

Waqa made a brief appearance for the Fiji national rugby union team in 2007 when he came off the bench as flyhalf in the 78th minute of a match against Australia A Waqa moved to Sydney, Australia in 2008, where he played for Gordon RFC in the Shute Shield.

Sisa Waqa was offered a contract with the ACT Brumbies in the Super 15 competition, but the deal fell through as the Brumbies had already reached their foreign-player allowance.

On 3 December 2008, Sisa Waqa signed a two-year contract with the Sydney Roosters starting from the 2009 NRL season.

Sisa Waqa finished the 2009 NRL season with him played in 7 matches and scored 2 tries for the Sydney Roosters as the club finished last on the table and claimed the wooden spoon for the first time since 1966.

Sisa Waqa then signed a three-year contract to play for French top-14 club US Montauban, however that fell through due to the club experiencing financial difficulties.

Sisa Waqa then played in Sydney for the 2010 season in the local competition for Southern Districts before Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy was notified of his availability.

Sisa Waqa has been playing in the NSW Cup for Melbourne Storm feeder team Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, who have a joint venture with the Melbourne Storm.

Sisa Waqa finished the 2011 NRL season with him playing in 10 matches and scoring 4 tries for the Storm.

Since that game Sisa Waqa struggled to make it into the first grade side and was playing in the NSW Cup for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

Sisa Waqa retained his wing spot for the rest of the 2012 season after when regular Storm winger Matt Duffie suffered a shoulder injury.

Sisa Waqa finished the 2012 NRL season with him played in 11 matches and scoring 7 tries for the Storm.

Sisa Waqa played in 22 matches and scored 12 tries for the Storm in the 2013 NRL season.

Sisa Waqa was named in the Fiji squad for the 2013 World Cup.

In February 2014, Sisa Waqa was included in the Storms' inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad.

On 21 July 2014, Sisa Waqa announced that he signed a 2-year deal with the Canberra Raiders commencing in 2015.

Sisa Waqa finished the 2014 NRL season as the Storms' highest tryscorer with 18 in 24 matches.

On 17 January 2015, Sisa Waqa was named in the Raiders 2015 Auckland Nines squad.

Sisa Waqa finished his first year with the Canberra Raiders with him playing 21 matches and scoring 6 tries in the season.

On 30 January 2016, Sisa Waqa was named in the Raiders 2016 Auckland Nines squad.

On 16 May 2017, Sisa Waqa was in talks to rejoin former club Melbourne but the move never eventuated.

On 12 December 2017, Sisa Waqa made the headlines for the wrong reasons.

Sisa Waqa was reported to have borrowed money to pay off alleged gambling debts but never paid the money back to his victims.

In one case, Sisa Waqa reportedly borrowed $12,000 off a student he had befriended.

Sisa Waqa reportedly owed money to The Salvation Army, when a worker from The Salvation Army attended Waqa's rental property they found nobody at the residence and Waqa's car had all four of its wheels slashed and both tail lights knocked out.