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Junior Roqica
Personal information
Full name	Vitale Junior Roqica
Born	13 February 1991 (age 33); Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	17 st 5 lb (110 kg)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club
Representative
	Source: As of 10 November 2023

Vitale Junior Roqica (born 13 February 1991) is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or second-row forward.

He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL and the London Broncos in the Championship, and was contracted to the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.

Early life edit

Roqica was born in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia and is of Fijian descent.^[2]^[5] He played his junior football for the Concord Burwood Wolves and Holy Cross Rhinos, while participating in the Balmain Tigers development program before being signed by the Wests Tigers.

Playing career edit

Wests Tigers edit

Roqica played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team from 2008 to 2011.^[6]

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs edit

In 2012, Roqica joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

He failed to play a game in the NRL for Canterbury-Bankstown, but featured in their NSW Cup side.^[7]

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks edit

In 2013, Roqica joined the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

In Round 11 of the 2014 NRL season, Roqica made his NRL début for Cronulla-Sutherland against the South Sydney Rabbitohs.^[8]

Whilst contracted to Cronulla-Sutherland, Roqica spent most of playing time on the field for the Newtown club, playing in the NSW Cup and the rebranded Intrust Super Premiership NSW.^[9]

London Broncos edit

Roqica joined London ahead of the 2017 season.^[10]

Representative career edit

Roqica played for the New South Wales Catholic Colleges team when he was 17.^[11]

In 2009, Roqica played for the Australian schoolboys.^[12]

In 2013, Roqica was named in the Fiji squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. He made his international début against Ireland.^[13] He scored the decisive try in Fiji's quarter-final victory over Samoa.

In May 2014, Roqica played for Fiji in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International.

On 7 May 2016, Roqica played for Fiji against Papua New Guinea in the 2016 Melanesian Cup.^[14]

References edit

^ "Rugby League World Cup 2013". Rlwc2013.com. 13 February 1991. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b "Junior Roqica player results, scores, news and statistics". Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
^ "Junior Roqica – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
^ loverugbyleague
^ Kumar, Rashneel (13 October 2008). "Young Roqica, the new name in league". Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012.
^ "Junior Roqica player results, scores, news and statistics". Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
^ "Pritchard Returns for Trip Over Tasman". Bulldogs. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "Updated Team Lists: Round 11". National Rugby League. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
^ "Newtown Jets continue to contribute to top-level Rugby League representative ranks". Newtown Jets. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "Broncos sign Cronulla Sharks' Junior Roqica". Zero Tackle. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ Chris Karas (23 July 2008). "Sports News". Weekly Times. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
^ "Junior Roqica". weststigers.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
^ "Civoniceva, Wes Naiqama to lead Fiji Bati". Fijilive.com. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
^ "PNG stuns Fiji in a thriller". National Rugby League. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.