Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Joseph Frederick Galuvao
- Born
- Saturday, 8th July, 1978
- Current Age
- 45 years and 337 days
- Place Of Birth
- Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Biography
Junior Kiwi utility back first came under notice playing for West Samoa in Super League’s World Nines’ competition in early 1997 when he was wrongfully awarded a try in a match against Australia – despite the use of a video referee for the first time. After two moderate seasons with the Warriors (sometimes at fullback) Galuvao was languishing in NZ’s domestic Barter Cup competition when he was signed to a modest contract by Penrith coach Royce Simmons for 2002. Simmons was sacked by the club before Galuvao arrived there but under coach John Lang the chunky, mobile player moved into the back row and started to make an impact with the club. Together with Tony Puletua he was a standout performer in the Panthers’ premiership-winning 2003 season. After making his Test debut for the Kiwis in the one-off Test against Australia in July he took his place in NZ’s shock 30-16 win over Australia in October. Galuvao battled injury in 2004 and was not as effective as the Panthers’ premiership defence stalled. After playing in the 16-all draw with Australia in October, Galuvao was actually ruled out of the Tri Nations competition by Panthers’ medical staff so he could have surgery in the off-season. He joined Souths in 2006.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NRL Premiership | 240 | 27 | - | - | 108 | 127 | 112 | 1 | 52.92% | List | ||||
World Cup | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 15 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
World Club Challenge | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Anzac Tests | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Tri-Nations | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Samoa | 2000 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
New Zealand | 2003-04 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.00% | List | |||
Overall | 2000-2004 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Samoa | 2000 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL Premiership - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Auckland | NRL 1998 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | |||
Auckland | NRL 1999 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 23.08% | List | |||
Auckland | NRL 2000 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
Penrith | NRL 2002 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
Penrith | NRL 2003 | 25 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 76.00% | List | |||
Penrith | NRL 2004 | 24 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
Penrith | NRL 2005 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | 0 | 52.94% | List | |||
South Sydney | NRL 2006 | 19 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10.53% | List | |||
South Sydney | NRL 2007 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NRL 2008 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NRL 2009 | 28 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 53.57% | List | |||
Manly | NRL 2010 | 23 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 11 | 0 | 52.17% | List | |||
Manly | NRL 2011 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 77.78% | List | |||
Manly | NRL 2012 | 22 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 8 | 0 | 63.64% | List | |||
Manly | NRL 2013 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | |||
NRL Premiership - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Auckland | 1998-00 | 27 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 29.63% | List | |||
Penrith | 2002-05 | 78 | 15 | - | - | 60 | 47 | 31 | 0 | 60.26% | List | |||
South Sydney | 2006-07 | 23 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 8.70% | List | |||
Parramatta | 2008-09 | 34 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 52.94% | List | |||
Manly | 2010-13 | 78 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 52 | 26 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Overall | 1998-2013 | 240 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 127 | 112 | 1 | 52.92% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Tim Costello, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
06/10/2013
Inspirational for all Pacific Islander young people.
Thanks Joe
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