From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Atelea Vea
Atelea Vea
Atelea Vea Atelea Vea is a Tongan professional rugby league foot-
baller who currently plays for the St. George Illawarra
Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL). He is by
preference a second-row but can also play at loose for-
ward. He has previously played for the Melbourne Storm
and the Cronulla Sharks. He made his first-grade début
for the Sharks in 2009. He was selected to play for Tonga
in the 2009 Pacific Cup.[1]
First-grade games
Vea made his first-grade debut for the Sharks away to
the Penrith Panthers, in a round 10 loss, a game in which
he came on off the interchange bench.[2] He then fea-
tured in the 26–4 loss at home to the St. George Illawarra
Dragons in the next round, where he was again on the
bench.[3] His first start for the Sharks came when the
side hit something of a run of form. He started at in the
second-row in a narrow 13–10 win over the Parramatta
Eels,[4] and he kept his starting place in wins over New
Zealand Warriors (18–10),[5] Canberra Raiders (24–22)[6]
Personal information and the thumping 46–16 thrashing of Brisbane Bron-
cos,[7] all of which were consecutive appearances. He
Full name Atelea Vea was, in round 16 at the Sydney Roosters, shuffled to lock,
Born 27 November 1986 (1986-11-27) where the Sharks lost their first game in four.[8] He then
Tonga had to wait another 10 rounds before being selected
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
again, in the 26–24 loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[9]
In 2011, he played for the Melbourne Storm team,
Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) playing 9 games for the team, with all appearances of the
Playing information bench. His performance in a losing effort in Round 26
against the Sydney Roosters was praised by coach Craig
Position Second-row, Lock Bellamy given the injury toll on the night.
Club He has signed to play for the St George Illawarra
Dragons in 2012.[10]
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009 Cronulla Sharks 8 0 0 0 0
Representative career
2011 Melbourne Storm 11 0 0 0 0
He made his international début in a 44–14 defeat to Pa-
2012– St. George Illawarra 0 0 0 0 0 pua New Guinea, where Vea scored a try.[11] As Tonga
did not progress to the final, Vea’s next game was in the
Total 19 0 0 0 0
third/fourth place play-off loss to Fiji.[12]
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P References
2009 Tonga 2 1 0 0 4 [1] "rleague.com profile". rleague.com. 16 January
As of 23 October 2011 2010. http://www.rleague.com/db/player/v/
vea_atelea/index.php. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
Source: RLPrleague.com profile
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[2] "Panthers 26–22 Sharks". rleague.com. 16 May [10] "Dragons Recruit Vea For 2012".
2009. http://www.rleague.com/db/content/84000/ www.dragons.com.au. 23 October 2011. Archived
84765.php. Retrieved 16 January 2010. from the original on 23 October 2011.
[3] "Sharks 4–26 Dragons". rleague.com. 23 May 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/62dxvurNG.
http://www.rleague.com/db/content/84000/ Retrieved 23 October 2011.
84790.php. Retrieved 16 January 2010. [11] "PNG 44–14 Tonga". Daily Telegraph. 25 October
[4] "Eels 10–13 Sharks". rleague.com. 30 May 2009. 2009. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/
http://www.rleague.com/db/content/84000/ nrl/png-thrash-tonga-to-reach-pacific-cup-final/
84797.php. Retrieved 16 January 2010. story-e6frexnr-1225791088830. Retrieved 16
[5] "Sharks 18–10 Warriors". rleague.com. 7 June 2009. January 2010.
http://www.rleague.com/db/content/84000/ [12] "Fiji 26–16 Tonga". Herald Sun. 31 October 2009.
84836.php. Retrieved 16 January 2010. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/fiji-beat-
[6] "Raiders 22–24 Sharks". rleague.com. 14 June 2009. tonga-in-pacific-cup/story-
http://www.rleague.com/db/content/84000/ e6frfgbo-1225793119996. Retrieved 16 January
84797.php. Retrieved 16 January 2010. 2010.
[7] "Sharks 46–12 Broncos". rleague.com. 22 June 2009. Persondata
http://www.rleague.com/db/content/84000/
Name Vea, Atelea
84857.php. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
[8] "Roosters 19–12 Sharks". rleague.com. 27 June Alternative names
2009. http://www.rleague.com/db/content/84000/ Short description
84797.php. Retrieved 16 January 2010. Date of birth 27 November 1986
[9] "Sharks 24–26 Rabbitohs". rleague.com. 5
Place of birth Tonga
September 2009. http://www.rleague.com/db/
content/85000/85009.php. Retrieved 16 January Date of death
2010. Place of death
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Categories:
• Tonga national rugby league team players
• Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players
• Melbourne Storm players
• Living people
• Tongan rugby league players
• 1986 births
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