Michael Vella

Michael Vella

Vella in 2005
Personal information
Born	February 19, 1978 (1978-02-19) (age 33) Australia
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	106 kg (16 st 10 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position	Front Row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1998–06	Parramatta Eels	159	13	0	0	52
2007–11	Hull KR	121	14	0	0	56
	Total	280	27	0	0	108
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1999–02	New South Wales	11	0	0	0	0
	Malta
1999–01	Australia	11	0	0	0	0
As of 23 January 2010

Michael Vella is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently captains English Super League club Hull Kingston Rovers. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative forward, he previously played in the NRL for the Parramatta Eels club. He reached the 2001 NRL Grand Final with Parramatta and in 2006 left to join Hull KR where he was voted Players' Player of the Year in 2007. In addition to representing Australia internationally, he has played for the Malta Knights as he is of Maltese descent.

Vella played for Australia during their successful 2000 World Cup campaign and the following year went on the 2001 Kangaroo Tour.^[2]

Super League Tries

Scores and results list Mick's try tally first.^[3]

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Tournament	Scored
15 September 2007	Craven Park,	Huddersfield Giants	25–24	Super League	1
9 March 2008	Belle Vue	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	22–20	Super League	1
6 June 2008	Knowsley Road,	St Helens	52–10	Super League	1
21 June 2008	Craven Park	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	18–26	Super League	1
6 July 2008	The Jungle	Castleford Tigers	18–10	Super League	1
1 August 2008	Craven Park	Catalans Dragons	30–16	Super League	1
24 August 2008	Odsal,	Bradford Bulls	42–18	Super League	2
7 September 2008	Craven Park	Hull	36–8	Super League	1
3 May 2009	Murrayfield Stadium,	Warrington Wolves	28–36	Super League	1
28 June 2009	Craven Park,	Wigan Warriors	26–38	Super League	1
9 April 2011	Craven Park	Leeds Rhinos	38-28	Super League	1

References

1. ^ "Hull KR The Official Site of the Robins". web page. Hull Kingston Rovers RLFC. http://hullkr.co.uk/mick-vella-22. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
2. ^ 2001 Ashes profile at news.bbc.co.uk
3. ^ http://www.slstats.org/p335/Shaun+Briscoe.html

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Name	Vella, Michael
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Date of birth	19 February 1978
Place of birth	?
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