Izaia Perese

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Izaia Perese
Personal information
Born (1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 (age 26)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb) [1]
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Centre, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2015–18 Queensland Country 1290045
2016–18 Reds 1740020
2020 Bayonne 50000
2021– NSW Waratahs 3460030
Total68190095
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014 Australia U18 20000
2017 Australia U20 440020
2021– Australia 30000
Rugby league
Position Wing, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019–20 Brisbane Broncos 20000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 Queensland Residents 10000
Source: [2]
As of 8 January 2024

Izaia Perese (born 17 May 1997) is an Australian professional rugby player who plays at centre and wing for Super Rugby club the Waratahs and the Australia national team.

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He started his professional career in rugby union, playing as an outside back for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby and for Queensland Country in the National Rugby Championship.  [3] [4]   [5]

Background

Perese was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

He played his junior rugby league for Brisbane Brothers in Stafford and attended Wavell State High School. [6] [7] In 2013, Perese played for the Norths Devils in the Cyril Connell Cup and represented the Queensland under-16 rugby league team, while holding a scholarship with the North Queensland Cowboys. [8] [9]

While attending Anglican Church Grammar School, he played alongside future NRL players Kalyn Ponga, Jaydn Su'A and Brodie Croft, as well as future professional Rugby Union players in Liam Wright, Angus Scott-Young, Mack Mason and Harley Fox in their 2014 title-winning first XV team. Later that year, he was selected for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team. [10]

In March 2020 Perese pleaded guilty to supplying a dangerous drug in September 2019, but had a probation order for drug charges removed by a court to allow him to travel overseas. [11]

Rugby union career

In 2015, Perese began playing for Queensland Country in the National Rugby Championship. In 2016, he joined the Queensland Reds senior squad, playing 17 games over three seasons. [1] In August 2017, he was named in the Wallabies squad for The Rugby Championship but did not play a game. [12]

In December 2018, Perese was released from the last year of his contract with the Reds. [13] [14]

In May 2020 Izaia Perese announced his return to Rugby Union, playing for Bayonne in the French top 14. [15]

Perese signed on with the Waratahs until 2024 [16] having previously been used as a Winger for the Reds, Perese made the switch to Centre while playing for the Waratahs.

In March 2024 it was announced that Perese will be joining the English Rugby club Leicester Tigers on a multi-year deal. [17]

Rugby league career

2019

Perese joined the Brisbane Broncos on a train-and-trial deal, later earning a full-time NRL contract with the club. [18] [6] He began the season playing for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup, representing the Queensland Residents side in their win over New South Wales. [19]

In round 22 of the 2019 NRL season, Perese made his NRL debut for Brisbane in their 24–12 win against the Penrith Panthers at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. [20]

2020

On 18 February, Perese was stood down indefinitely by the Brisbane club after being charged by police with drug-related offences. Perese was later granted bail and is due back in court on 9 March 2020. Brisbane CEO Paul White released a statement saying “Standing down Izaia is not a judgement of his guilt or innocence, but recognition that this is a serious matter, We have discussed our course of action and the reasoning behind it with Izaia, and he understands the action we have taken. We will review the matter as it moves through the legal process". [21]

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  8. ↑ Lachlan Lanskey selected for Queensland after a stellar 2013 | Queensland Times. Qt.com.au (1 May 2013). Retrieved on 2019-08-29.
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  14. ↑ Perese pulls pin on Reds, set for NRL switch. RUGBY.com.au (10 December 2018). Retrieved on 2019-08-29.
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  16. ↑ "Wallabies starlet Izaia Perese reveals why he re-signed with the Waratahs". 7 March 2022.
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