Michael Vella

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.

Career Statistics

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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%
Overall	1999-2001	8	0	0				0		6	2	0	75.00%
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%
Overall	2000	3	0	0				0		3	0	0	100.00%
Representative
Australia - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
New South Wales	1999-02	10	-	-				-	-	5	3	2	50.00%
Overall	1999-2002	10	0	0				0		5	3	2	50.00%
Club Career
Australian League Matches - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Parramatta	NRL 1998	8	1	-				-	4	6	2	0	75.00%
Parramatta	NRL 1999	24	3	-				-	12	16	8	0	66.67%
Parramatta	NRL 2000	20	-	-				-	-	11	8	1	55.00%
Parramatta	NRL 2001	27	5	-				-	20	20	5	2	74.07%
Parramatta	NRL 2002	16	-	-				-	-	6	9	1	37.50%
Parramatta	NRL 2003	15	-	-				-	-	8	7	0	53.33%
Parramatta	NRL 2004	22	1	-				-	4	9	13	0	40.91%
Parramatta	NRL 2005	14	1	-				-	4	11	3	0	78.57%
Parramatta	NRL 2006	13	2	-				-	8	3	10	0	23.08%
Overall	1998-2006	159	13	0				0	52	90	65	4	56.60%
Australian League Matches - 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%
Overall	1998-2006	159	13	0				0	52	90	65	4	56.60%
Australian Finals Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Parramatta	1998-2006	11	-	-				-	-	5	6	0	45.45%
Overall	1999-2006	11	0	0				0		5	6	0	45.45%
English League Career - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Hull Kingston Rovers	Super League XII 2007	22	1	-				-	4	8	14	0	36.36%
Hull Kingston Rovers	Super League XIII 2008	27	8	-				-	32	11	15	1	40.74%
Hull Kingston Rovers	Challenge Cup 2008	2	1	-				-	4	1	1	0	50.00%
Hull Kingston Rovers	Super League XIV 2009	17	2	-				-	8	10	6	1	58.82%
Hull Kingston Rovers	Super League XV 2010	26	-	-				-	-	13	12	1	50.00%
Hull Kingston Rovers	Challenge Cup 2010	1	-	-				-	-	0	1	0	0.00%
Hull Kingston Rovers	Super League XVI 2011	24	2	-				-	8	13	11	0	54.17%
Hull Kingston Rovers	Challenge Cup 2011	2	-	-				-	-	1	1	0	50.00%
Overall	2007-2011	121	14	0				0	56	57	61	3	47.11%
English League Career - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Hull Kingston Rovers	2007-11	121	14	-				-	56	57	61	3	47.11%
Overall	2007-2011	121	14	0				0	56	57	61	3	47.11%

Last modified: Tue, 14 May 2013 02:40:44 +1000 (Sydney time)