Sam Moa

Sam Moa
Personal information


Full name	Samuela Moa
Nickname	Little Sam, Big Sam
Born	(1986-06-14) June 14, 1986 (age 26) New Zealand
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	114 kg (17 st 13 lb) ^[1]
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007–2008	Wests Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
2008–2009	Cronulla Sharks	1	0	0	0	0
2009–	Hull	50	3	0	0	12
	Total	51	3	0	0	12
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006–2010	Tonga	3	0	1	0	2

Samuela "Sam" Moa born June 14, 1986. Full Tongan. He is a professional rugby league player who has represented his country and currently plays his club football for Hull F.C. in the Super League competition. His position of choice is at prop forward.

Sam Moa playing for Cronulla

1 Hull
2 'The Tongan Mafia'
3 Tonga
4 References
5 External links

Hull [link]

Moa was signed on a one year contract from Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks who play in the NRL.He started his career at NRL side Wests Tigers although whilst on International duty with Tonga captain Jim Dymock persuaded Moa to join Cronulla Sharks. He went on to make one appearance for the sharks. He was signed in January 2009 and arrived a week before Hull F.C.'s fixture with Huddersfield Giants which he featured off the bench and made a solid debut. Sam Moa has already become a fan favourite due to his work rate and size. He has been sponsored by PBS Construction Ltd. Moa will be looking to impress on his first season in super league.

Sam Moa representing Tonga

'The Tongan Mafia' [link]

Moa is good friends with fellow Hull F.C. and Tonga team mates Willie Manu and Epalahame Lauaki. The trio are commonly known by the Hull fans as 'The Tongan Mafia'.^{[citation needed]}

Tonga [link]

Moa was picked in the 2008 World Cup squad due to an injury problem. He featured in all three of Tonga's matches including coming off the bench in the hammering of Scotland (Scotland 0-48 Tonga), Tonga scored in the 80th minute in front of the post so Moa was given the chance to take the conversion which he scored successfully.

References [link]

^ "Hull F.C.". web page. Hull F.C.. https://www.hullfc.com/personnel.aspx?pr=200202. Retrieved 11 August 2011.

External links [link]

Hull F.C. – current squad (March 2012)

1 McKinnon
2 Sharp
3 Martin
4 Yeaman
5 T.Briscoe
6 Horne
7 Seymour
8 O'Meley
9 Houghton
10 Lynch
11 Manu
12 Tickle
13 Westerman
14 Heremaia
15 Whiting
16 O'Carroll
17 Moa
18 Old Faithful
19 Turner
20 Ellis
21 Lyne
22 Aspinwall
23 Crooks
24 Kent
25 Cunningham
26 J. Briscoe
27 Green
28 Nicklas
29 Pearce
30 Bowden
31 Cunningham
32 Brown
33 Burnett
34 Pitts
Coach: Gentle

v t e Tonga squad – 2008 Rugby League World Cup

17 L. Paea (capt) 3 Emelio 4 Fa'aoso 5 Guttenbeil 6 Jennings 7 Kaufusi 8 Laiseni 9 Lasalo 10 Lauaki 11 Leo-Latu 12 Manu 13 Manuokafoa 14 Mateo 15 Moa 16 E. Paea 18 M. Paea 19 Talanoa 20 Taufa’ao 21 Tonga 22 Uaisele 22 Uasi 23 Vuna 24 Williams Coach: Dymock

Persondata
Name	Moa, Samuela
Alternative names
Short description	Tongan rugby league player
Date of birth	June 14, 1986
Place of birth	New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death