Moses Suli

Mosese "Moses" Suli (born 9 June 1998) is a Tonga international rugby league player who plays as a centre for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL.

Moses Suli
Personal information
Full nameMosese Suli
Born (1998-06-09) 9 June 1998
Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Wests Tigers 16 2 0 0 8
2018– Manly Sea Eagles 50 9 0 0 36
Total 66 11 0 0 44
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Tonga 1 1 0 0 4
As of 24 September 2019
Source: [1]

He played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League, and was signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs before his contract was terminated ahead of the 2018 NRL season for repeated indiscretions during pre-season.

Background

Suli was born in Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Tongan descent[2]

He played his junior rugby league for Fairfield United. He was then signed by the Wests Tigers. Suli later said, "I got axed by Parra in Harold Matthews when I was 16. They actually wanted me back but I just didn’t want to go back. I just said I wasn’t interested. I was going good at the Tigers and I just wanted to stay here."[3]

Playing career

2016

In 2016, Suli played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team.[4]

2017

In January, Suli re-signed with the Tigers on a 3-year contract until the end of 2020.[5] In round 1 of the 2017 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the South Sydney Rabbitohs,[6][7] scoring a try.[8] The Daily Telegraph said, "Apart from owning wonderful speed, footwork and vision, Suli is also larger than your favourite reality TV star’s ego. Truly, this young bloke is the real deal. A genuine Next Big Thing."[9]

2018

On January 31, Suli was released by the Wests Tigers. It was reported that Suli would only attend training sessions for five minutes, and would sleep in a teammates car while the team was training.[10]'He was quickly signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. However, 28 days later, his new contract was terminated by the Belmore-based club following repeated indiscretions.[11] It was revealed he had been given 2 warnings in his first 2 weeks at the club.[12]

Suli subsequently joined Manly-Warringah, making his debut in round 9. By round 14, he had been dropped again after misplacing his passport and missing training in New Zealand.[13]

2019

On 2 April, Suli was dropped from the Manly side for the club's Round 4 match against South Sydney for failing to meet the club's disciplinary standards.[14]

Suli made a total of 22 appearances for Manly and scored 6 tries as the club finished 6th on the table and qualified for the finals. Suli played in both finals games for the club and scored a try in each match as they were eliminated in the semi-final by South Sydney at ANZ Stadium.[15][16][17]

2020

In round 16 of the 2020 NRL season, Suli was taken from the field during Manly's 56-16 loss against South Sydney at ANZ Stadium. Suli was later ruled out for the rest of the season. He made a total of 13 appearances for Manly scoring two tries.[18]

References
  1. "Mosese Suli - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  2. Proszenko, Adrian (4 February 2017). "Wests Tigers wonder kid Mosese Suli doing it for his late father". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. Matt Encarcion. "Wests Tigers winger Moses Suli knocked back Parramatta's offer to return". Fox Sports.
  4. "S". NYC Database. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. "Moses Suli commits to Wests Tigers - Tigers". Go1.weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  6. "Updated team lists: Rabbitohs v Tigers". NRL.com. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. "Late Changes: NRL Round 1 vs. Rabbitohs - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  8. "Tedesco-inspired Tigers smash Souths". NRL.com. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  9. Nick Walshaw. "Moses Suli stars with brilliant debut in Tigers victory over South Sydney". Daily Telegraph.
  10. Michael Chammas. "Suli failed to respond to Bulldogs warnings". nrl.com.
  11. "Moses Suli released by Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs".
  12. "Sleeping in a car at training: The bizarre decline of Moses Suli". Fox Sports.
  13. Adrian Proszenko. "Suli axed for missing training ... again". Sydney Morning Herald.
  14. "Moses Suli dropped by Manly for failure to meet discipline standards". www.sportingnews.com.
  15. "South Sydney Rabbitohs beat Manly Sea Eagles 34-26 in NRL semi-final". ABC.
  16. "Rabbitohs dig deep to eliminate Sea Eagles in finals thriller". NRL.
  17. "Under-strength Sea Eagles send Sharks packing". NRL.
  18. "Manly Sea Eagles centre Moses Suli ruled out for season with foot injury". www.sportingnews.com.
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