Michael Vella

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Sunday, 19th February, 1978
Current Age
46 years and 28 days
Place Of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Awards & Accolades

Dally M Rookie Of The Year
1999

Biography

Big-hitting forward, a P’matta junior, represented NSW and Australia during a marvellous 1999 season. Vella made his Test debut when called in as a late replacement for the injured Gorden Tallis in Australia’s Tri-series win against NZ and Great Britain in October. After a slow start to the 2000 season, Vella was recalled into NSW’s victorious State of Origin team as a replacement for the suspended Rodney Howe, before again playing for Australia against NZ Residents in a World Cup warm-up. Vella appeared in three matches in the World Cup competition, including the semi-final win over Wales, but did not play in the final. In 2001, he put aside the disappointment of a grand final loss to Newcastle with selection on the shortened Kangaroo Tour. A member of NSW’s State of Origin squad in 2002 (interestingly, the P’matta prop came off the interchange bench in all ten State of Origin matches and in his five Test appearances) Vella overcame a battle with cancer in 2005 before leaving P’matta at the end of 2006 to see out his career in England.
- 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 %  
NRL 159 13 -   - 52 90 65 4 56.60% List
State of Origin 10 - -   - - 5 3 2 50.00% List
NRL Finals 11 - -   - - 5 6 0 45.45% List
Tri-Nations 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
Tour Matches Australia 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
World Cup 3 - -   - - 3 0 0 100.00% List
Test Series 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
The Ashes 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Super League 116 13 -   - 52 55 58 3 47.41% List
Challenge Cup 5 1 -   - 4 2 3 0 40.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1999-01 8 - -   - - 6 2 0 75.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1999-2000 3 - -   - - 3 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW 1999-02 10 - -   - - 5 3 2 50.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Parramatta NRL 1998 8 1 -   - 4 6 2 0 75.00% List
Parramatta NRL 1999 24 3 -   - 12 16 8 0 66.67% List
Parramatta NRL 2000 20 - -   - - 11 8 1 55.00% List
Parramatta NRL 2001 27 5 -   - 20 20 5 2 74.07% List
Parramatta NRL 2002 16 - -   - - 6 9 1 37.50% List
Parramatta NRL 2003 15 - -   - - 8 7 0 53.33% List
Parramatta NRL 2004 22 1 -   - 4 9 13 0 40.91% List
Parramatta NRL 2005 14 1 -   - 4 11 3 0 78.57% List
Parramatta NRL 2006 13 2 -   - 8 3 10 0 23.08% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Parramatta 1998-06 159 13 -   - 52 90 65 4 56.60% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Hull KR 2007 22 1 -   - 4 8 14 0 36.36% List
Hull KR 2008 29 9 -   - 36 12 16 1 41.38% List
Hull KR 2009 17 2 -   - 8 10 6 1 58.82% List
Hull KR 2010 27 - -   - - 13 13 1 48.15% List
Hull KR 2011 26 2 -   - 8 14 12 0 53.85% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Hull KR 2007-11 121 14 -   - 56 57 61 3 47.11% List

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio, Max Turner, Cymru RL, Bill Bates

Sources: NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL 2004 Official Rugby League Annual, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual