Eto Nabuli

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Eto Nabuli
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Nabuli playing for the Windsor Wolves in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Etonia Nabuli[1]
Born (1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 (age 36)
Sigatoka, Fiji
Height 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 St. George Illawarra 13 7 0 0 28
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–15 Fiji 2 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Queensland Reds 12 1 0 0 5
As of 5 September 2015
Source: Rugby League Project

Eto Nabuli (born 24 August 1988) is a Fijian professional rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. He previously played rugby league for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League as a winger.

Background

Nabuli was born in Sigatoka, Fiji.

In 2012, after coincidentally bumping into Andrew Johns and Brad Fittler while working as a porter at InterContinental in Fiji, Nabuli joined the Penrith Panthers for the 2013 NRL season. Johns and Fittler were in Fiji promoting rugby league, when the two first noticed Nabuli and decided to bring him to Australia to play rugby league.[2] Nabuli says he had only played rugby union prior to coming to Australia in late December 2012.[3]

Playing career

Early career

Nabuli was a regular player for the Windsor Wolves of the New South Wales Cup during the 2013 season, finishing as the competition's leading try-scorer, with 30 tries.[4] On 23 September 2013, he was named on the wing in the 2013 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[5][6] In February 2014, he was included in the Penrith Panthers' 16-man squad that participated in the 2014 Auckland Nines competition.[7] He sustained a medial collateral ligament injury on his left knee during the competition's quarter-final.[8]

2014

In May, Nabuli played for Fiji in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International. On 28 September, he played in the Panthers' 2014 New South Wales Cup Grand Final win over the Newcastle Knights.[9]

2015

On 27 October, Nabuli signed a 1-year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons starting in 2015,[10] after rejecting interest from Super Rugby team, Western Force.[11] In Round 1 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Dragons against the Melbourne Storm,[12] scoring a try on debut.[13] On 2 May, he played for Fiji against Papua New Guinea in the 2015 Melanesian Cup.[14] On 14 June, he re-signed with the Dragons on a 1-year contract.[15] He finished off his debut season having played in 13 games and scoring 7 tries.[16]

Move to Queensland Reds

In September, it was confirmed that Nabuli would join Super Rugby side, Queensland Reds from 2016 on a two-year contract,[17] after being released from the final year of his Dragons contract.

After the first 12 rounds of Super rugby, Wallabies coach, Michael Cheika selected Nabuli into his preliminary 39-man squad for their upcoming tests against England.[18]

References

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