Atelea Vea is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who last played for the Leigh

Centurions in the Super League. He plays as a prop, lock or second-row forward. He has
previously played for the Melbourne Storm, Cronulla Sharks, St. George Illawarra and the
London Broncos.

He made his first-grade début for the Sharks in 2009. He was selected to play for Tonga in the
2009 Pacific Cup.[5]

Contents
• 1 Background
• 2 Playing career
o 2.1 2009–10: Career with Cronulla
o 2.2 2011: Career with Melbourne
o 2.3 2012–13: Career with St George-Illawarra
o 2.4 2014: Career with London
• 3 Representative career
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Background
Vea was born in Sydney, Australia.

Playing career
2009–10: Career with Cronulla

Vea made his first-grade début for the Cronulla Sharks away to the Penrith Panthers, in a round
10 loss, a game in which he came on off the interchange bench.[6] He then featured in the 26–4
loss at home to the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the next round, where he was again on the
bench.[7] His first start for the Sharks came when the side hit something of a run of form. He
started out in the second-row in a narrow 13–10 win over the Parramatta Eels,[8] and he kept his
starting place in wins over New Zealand Warriors (18–10),[9] Canberra Raiders (24–22)[10] and
the thumping 46–16 thrashing of Brisbane Broncos,[11] all of which were consecutive
appearances. He was, in round 16 at the Sydney Roosters, shuffled to lock, where the Sharks lost
their first game in four.[12] He then had to wait another 10 rounds before being selected again, in
the 26–24 loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[13]

2011: Career with Melbourne

In 2011, he played for the Melbourne Storm team, playing 9 games for the team, with all
appearances of the bench. His performance in a losing effort in Round 26 against the Sydney
Roosters was praised by coach Craig Bellamy given the injury toll on the night.

2012–13: Career with St George-Illawarra

He played for the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2012 and 2013.

2014: Career with London

He joined the London Broncos on 24 February 2014.[14]

Representative career
He made his international début for Tonga in a 44–14 defeat by Papua New Guinea, where Vea
scored a try.[15] As Tonga did not progress to the final, Vea's next game was in the third/fourth
place play-off loss to Fiji.[16]