Jirah Momoisea

Jirah Momoisea (born 2 September 1998) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. His position is prop.

Jirah Momoisea
Personal information
Born (1998-09-02) 2 September 1998
Auckland, New Zealand
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021– Newcastle Knights 8 0 0 0 0
As of 12 September 2021
Source: [1]

Background

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Momoisea played his junior rugby league for St Paul's College, before being signed by the Melbourne Storm.

Playing career

Early years

In 2017, Momoisea played for the Melbourne Storm NYC team.[2] In 2018, he joined the Newcastle Knights and played for their Jersey Flegg Cup side.[2] In 2019, he graduated to their Intrust Super Premiership team.[3] In July 2019, he was upgraded to an NRL development contract with the Knights until the end of 2020.[4] In January 2020, his contract was upgraded to the NRL top 30 squad and extended until the end of 2022.[5] In December 2020, prior to the Christmas break, Momoisea ruptured his achilles tendon and had surgery to repair the injury, which would sideline him for the start of 2021.[6]

2021

Momoisea made his return from injury with the Knights' Knock-On Effect NSW Cup side in May,[7] before the competition was postponed in June and subsequently cancelled due to a breakout of the COVID-19 virus in New South Wales.[8] However he travelled with the Knights' NRL squad to Queensland as the competition relocated to avoid the virus.[9] In round 23 of the 2021 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Knights in their 22-16 win over the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[10][11]

References
  1. "Jirah Momoisea - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "Jirah Momoisea". 27 October 2019.
  3. "TEAMS: NSWRL Canterbury Cup - 2019 Round 1 » League Unlimited". League Unlimited. 12 March 2019.
  4. "Knights extend young guns Hoy and Momoisea". Newcastle Knights. 2 July 2019.
  5. "Promising youngster Momoisea extends NRL deal". Newcastle Knights. 28 January 2020.
  6. Cotton, Ben (27 January 2021). "Fresh injury blow for Knights halfback Mitchell Pearce". Zero Tackle.
  7. "Team List Tuesday | The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup Rd 12". New South Wales Rugby League. 25 May 2021.
  8. "NSWRL forced to cancel major competitions and community football due to ongoing COVID crisis". www.sportingnews.com.
  9. "NRL clubs to move into Queensland hubs amid NSW COVID-19 outbreak". www.abc.net.au. 11 July 2021.
  10. "Knights v Bulldogs Round 23 NRL team list". Newcastle Knights. 17 August 2021.
  11. "Knights in seventh heaven after holding off brave Bulldogs". National Rugby League. 21 August 2021.
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