Lelea Paea (born 6 January 1983 in

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

) is a former

Tonga Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...

international

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer. He previously played for Coca-Cola West Red Sparks

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. He usually plays centre, but has played in wing at times throughout his career.

Background

Lelea Paea was born in

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

. He is the elder brother of Mickey Paea and Lopini Paea.

Career

Lelea Paea is a Tongan international. In 2007, Paea was one of the inaugural members of the newly admitted

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership, Australia's elite rugby league competition. Since 2008, the ...

side, signing with the new club after three seasons with the

Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, known as the Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs. The club competes in the National Rugby Lea ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paea, Lelea 1983 births Living people Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan Australian rugby league players Australian rugby union players Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent Coca-Cola Red Sparks players Footballers who switched code Gold Coast Titans players Lelea Paea Rugby league centres Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league wingers Rugby union players from Sydney Sydney Roosters players Tonga national rugby league team players Tongan expatriate rugby union players in Japan 21st-century Australian sportsmen