Siosaia Vave () is a

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international

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footballer who plays as a for the

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in the

Ron Massey Cup The Ron Massey Cup (formerly known as the Bundaberg Red Cup and Jim Beam Cup) is a semi-professional development level rugby league competition in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, run jointly by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and the ...

. He previously played for the

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and ...

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL). The Manly club debuted in the 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League sea ...

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugb ...

and the

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm is a rugby league football club based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia that participates in the National Rugby League (NRL). The club plays its home games at AAMI Park, and wears a purple and navy blu ...

in the

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Background

Vave played his junior footy for Western City Tigers Mt Druitt in Western Sydney. He was educated at St Clare Catholic High School, Chifley College and

Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown is a Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Blacktown, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. History The College was founded in 1952 by the Patrician Bro ...

, Vave signed with the

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 ...

and played in the National Youth Competition before signing with the

Cronulla Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league compet ...

for the 2010 season.

Playing career

After playing 17 games in 2 seasons for Cronulla-Sutherland, he signed with the

for the

2012 NRL season The 2012 NRL season was the 105th season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the first run by the newly formed Australian Rugby League Commission. The main competition, called the 2012 NRL Telstra Premiership due to spon ...

and made his debut in round 1 against the

Canberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugb ...

. He was interchange for Storm's

2013 World Club Challenge The 2013 World Club Challenge (PROBIZ World Club Challenge for sponsorship purposes) was the fourteenth consecutive annual World Club Challenge and was contested by Super League XVII champions, Leeds Rhinos and 2012 NRL Premiers, the Melbourne St ...

win over

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. In the

2014 NRL season The 2014 NRL season was the 107th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 17th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand, for the Auckland Nines, replacing the Rugby Leagu ...

, Vave returned to Cronulla and played 15 games for them in which turned out to be one of the toughest in the club's history with the side finishing last on the table and claiming the wooden spoon. On 28 October 2014, Vave signed with the

on a deal commencing in the

2015 NRL season The 2015 NRL season was the 108th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 18th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, which was followe ...

. On 7 May 2016, Vave played for Tonga against

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in the 2016 Polynesian Cup, playing off the interchange bench in the 18-6 loss at

Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium was a sports stadium in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, west of Sydney CBD. The stadium was the home ground of several western Sydney-based sports teams, at the time of closure the most notable were the Parramatta E ...

. Vave made his debut for the

in round 4 against Cronulla-Sutherland in a losing effort. He scored his first try for the Eels against the

on his birthday in a losing effort. In the

2017 NRL season The 2017 NRL season was the 110th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 20th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, ...

, Vave made 18 appearances for Parramatta as he was part of the side that finished fourth place on the ladder. In 2018, Vave was not selected to play first grade by coach

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for the first 9 rounds of the season due to fitness problems but was called up to the side for the round 10 match against Canterbury. At the end of the 2018 season, Parramatta finished last on the table claiming its 14th wooden spoon and Vave was released by the club. In January 2019, Vave joined the

side

. On 25 September 2019, Vave signed a contract to join Group 10 countryside the Blayney Bears.

Controversy

In February 2020, it was revealed that Vave would not be required to play for Blayney after it was alleged that Vave had pocketed $5,000 courtesy of a signing on fee he initially obtained after joining the club. Vave subsequently went missing with club officials attempting to phone Vave to no avail. Vave had also reportedly borrowed $2,400 from Blayney's club president Damon Taylor and had borrowed $4,000 from a teammate at St Mary's in 2019. Taylor spoke to the media saying "He's gone missing, I'm gutted, the club had thought it had kicked a dead set goal but that's gone now.

Statistics

References

External links

Parramatta Eels profileCronulla Sharks profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vave, Siosaia 1989 births Living people Australian rugby league players Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent Tonga national rugby league team players Tongan rugby league players Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players Melbourne Storm players Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players Parramatta Eels players Rugby league props Rugby league players from Sydney Wentworthville Magpies players People educated at Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown 21st-century Australian sportsmen