Former NZ & Samoa international rugby league footballer
Nigel Vagana
Personal information
Full name
Nigel Faletoese Vagana
Born
(1975-02-07) 7 February 1975 (age 49) Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Height
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Position
Wing, 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.
^ ab"Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^"Nigel Vagana player profile". Bulldogs (official website). Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
^"Nigel Vagana player profile". South Sydney Rabbitohs (official website). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
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