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Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 7 September 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 7 January 2024 |
Herman Ese'ese (born 7 September 1994) is a New Zealand and Samoan professional rugby league footballer, who plays as a prop, and loose forward for Hull FC in the Betfred Super League. He has also played for both New Zealand and Samoa at international level.
He previously played for the Dolphins, the Gold Coast Titans, the Newcastle Knights, the Brisbane Broncos, and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL) in Australia.
Ese'ese was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Samoan descent and is the nephew of New Zealand Kiwis international Ali Lauiti'iti. [2]
Ese'ese played his junior rugby league for the Mangere East Hawks and Wests Panthers, before being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2015. [3]
In 2013 and 2014, Ese'ese played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' NYC team. [4] [5]
In 2015, Ese'ese graduated to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' New South Wales Cup team. [6] In Round 7 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown club against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. [7] [8] He was contracted to the Bulldogs until the end of 2016, [9] however, after being stood down in April due to a drink driving charge, [10] he was released from the final year of his contract. [11] Late in the year, he signed with the Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Cup for 2016, while training with the Brisbane Broncos during the 2016 pre-season. [11]
In 2016, after gaining a contract with the Brisbane Broncos during the pre-season, Ese'ese made his Brisbane debut against South Sydney in Round 8 of the season. [12] [13] In September, he re-signed with the Brisbane club on a two-year contract until the end of 2018. [14]
Ese’ese earned a starting spot at prop over Korbin Sims in some matches. [15] On 6 May, Ese’ese made his international debut for Samoa against England, playing off the interchange bench in the 30–10 loss at Campbelltown Stadium. [16] [17]
In July 2017, he signed a three-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2018. [18] In round 25, he scored his first ever NRL try against the Parramatta Eels, in Brisbane's 34–52 loss at Suncorp Stadium. [19]
In round 1 of the 2018 season, Ese'ese made his debut for Newcastle in their 19–18 golden point extra-time win over the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. [20]
In the 2019 NRL season,Ese'ese played 18 games for Newcastle as the club finished 11th on the table for a second consecutive year. [21]
In July 2020, Ese'ese signed a two-year contract with the Gold Coast Titans starting in 2021. [22] In round 10 of the 2021 NRL season, he was sent off for a high tackle during the Gold Coast's 48–12 loss against Penrith. [23]
Following the Gold Coast's decision not to extend Ese'ese's contract, former coach from the Brisbane Broncos, Wayne Bennett signed him to the Dolphins for the 2023 NRL season. [24] He played a total of 13 games for the Gold Coast in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished 13th on the table. [25]
In round 5 of the 2023 NRL season, Ese'ese made his club debut for the Dolphins against the St George Illawarra Dragons at WIN Stadium. He played a total of twenty games for the Dolphins.
On 15 August 2023, Ese'ese signed a three-year deal to join English side Hull F.C. starting in 2024. [26] Ese'ese made his club debut for Hull F.C. against arch-rivals Hull Kingston Rovers in round 1 of the 2024 Super League season. He was sent to the sin bin during the first half of the match for a dangerous high tackle. Hull F.C. would go on to lose the match 22-0. [27]
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