Junior Paulo (rugby league born 1993)

Junior Paulo

Personal information
Born	(1993-11-20) 20 November 1993 (age 24) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	123 kg (19 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2013–16 Parramatta Eels 53 6 0 0 24 2016– Canberra Raiders 36 1 0 0 4 Total 89 7 0 0 28 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2016–17 Samoa 7 1 0 0 4
As of 24 March 2017 Source:

Junior Paulo (born 20 November 1993) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He plays as a prop and previously played for the Parramatta Eels.

Paulo was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Samoan descent. Paulo moved to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as a teenager.

He played his junior football for the Ashcroft Stallions and the Cabramatta Two Blues and attended renowned rugby league school Ashcroft High School before being signed by the Parramatta Eels. Paulo played for the Eels NYC team in 2012 and 2013. In 2011, Paulo played for the Australian Schoolboys. On 20 April 2013, Paulo played for the New South Wales U20's team off the interchange bench in the 36–12 win over Queensland at Penrith Stadium.

In Round 10 of the 2013 NRL season, Paulo made his NRL debut for the Parramatta Eels against the St George Illawarra Dragons off the interchange bench in the Eels 32–12 loss at WIN Stadium. On 5 July 2013, Paulo extended his contract with the Eels for a further 3 years till the end of the 2016 season. In Round 22 against the Wests Tigers, Paulo scored his first NRL career try in the Eels 26–22 win at Parramatta Stadium. Paulo finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 11 matches and scoring a try for the Parramatta Eels in the 2013 NRL season.