Nigel Vagana

Nigel Vagana
Personal information
Full nameNigel Faletoese Vagana
Born (1975-02-07) 7 February 1975 (age 49)
Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
PositionWing, Centre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996 Auckland Warriors 1 0 0 0 0
1997 Warrington Wolves 20 17 0 0 68
1998–00 Auckland Warriors 70 37 0 0 148
2001–03 Canterbury Bulldogs 76 61 0 0 244
2004–06 Cronulla Sharks 61 32 0 0 128
2007–08 South Sydney 32 10 0 0 40
Total 260 157 0 0 628
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–08 Samoa 2 2 0 0 8
1998–06 New Zealand 37 19 0 0 76
Source: [1]

Nigel Faletoese Vagana (born 7 February 1975), also known by the nicknames of "Pablo",[2] and "Chiko",[3] is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, as a wing, centre and five-eighth. A New Zealand and Samoa international representative, he retired as the Kiwis' all-time top try-scorer with 19. Vagana played club football in New Zealand for the Warriors, in England for Warrington, and in Australia for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Vagana represented the New Zealand national team 32 times between 1998 and 2006, including playing in the 2000 World Cup.[1] He is also the cousin of Bradford Bulls prop-forward Joe Vagana, and former Silver Ferns netball player Linda Vagana.

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Nigel Vagana player profile". Bulldogs (official website). Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
  3. ^ "Nigel Vagana player profile". South Sydney Rabbitohs (official website). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.