Francis Molo
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Frank,Bonga,Big Bula[1] | |||||
| Born | 3 September 1994 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop, Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2014– | Brisbane Broncos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2015–16 | Cook Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 13 October 2015 | ||||||
| Source: [2] | ||||||
Francis Molo (born 3 September 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop.
Background
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Molo moved to Australia at a young age and played his junior football for the Aspley Devils, before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.
Molo is the cousin of Broncos teammate, Anthony Milford.[1]
Playing career
Early career
From 2012 to 2014, Molo played for the Brisbane Broncos' NYC team.[3][4] On 20 April 2013, he played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team.[5]
2014
In Round 11 of the 2014 NRL season, Molo made his NRL debut for the Broncos against the Wests Tigers.[6][7] In May, he again played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team.[8]
2015
On 20 June, while playing for the Norths Devils against the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Intrust Super Cup, Molo was involved in a tackle on opposition player James Ackerman, which resulted in the death of Ackerman on 22 June 2015.[9] On 17 September, Molo played for the Cook Islands against Tonga for the World Cup qualifier.[10][11][12]
References
- 1 2 "Brisbane's highly rated teen prop Francis Molo set for NRL debut against Wests Tigers". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
- ↑ "Francis Molo - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ↑ "M". Nycdatabase.org. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130925203403/http://rleague.com/players/francis-molo_3629/Stats/. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Holden U/20's State of Origin: Queensland U/20's v NSW U/20's - NRL Game Development - South East Queensland". FosSportspulse.com. 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ↑ "NRL 2014 - Round 11". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
- ↑ "Late Mail: Broncos v Tigers". Broncos.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
- ↑ "Queensland name Under-20s Origin team". NRL.com. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ "James Ackerman's Parents Reach Out to Son's Tackler". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
- ↑ Cook Islands finalise squad for World Cup Qualifier, asiapacificrl.com, 10 October 2015
- ↑ "Cook Islands train-on squad named". NRL.com. 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ↑ "Live stream: Tonga v Cook Islands". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-10-18.