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Ativalu Lisati
New Zealand rugby league footballer (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ativalu Lisati (born 31 January 2001) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop forward for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL).
In August 2024, Lisati made his NRL debut for Melbourne against the North Queensland Cowboys at Queensland Country Bank Stadium.[2]
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Background
Lisati moved from New Zealand in 2019 to pursue a rugby league career in Australia leaving his junior rugby league club the Glenora Bears. He had one season playing schoolboys rugby league with Ipswich State High School in 2019.[3]
Joining the Penrith Panthers he played in the Jersey Flegg Cup competition and was a member of the Panthers 2022 Jersey Flegg Cup premiership team.[4]
He progressed through the grades at Penrith, playing at the NSW Cup level from 2022 through 2024 at the Panthers where he earned a development contract from the 2023 season.[5] He was signed by the Melbourne Storm midway through the 2024 NRL season, transferring to the Storm-affiliated North Sydney Bears.[3][6]
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Playing career
Lisati made his NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm in round 26 of the 2024 season,[2] coming from the interchange bench to score a try in the club's 38–30 loss against the North Queensland Cowboys.[7][8]
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