Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Sunday, 19th February, 1978
- Current Age
- 46 years and 86 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
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 % | ||||
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NRL Premiership | 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 | ||||
Super League Finals | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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NRL Premiership - 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 Premiership - 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 | 8 | 1 | 58.82% | List | |||
Hull KR | 2010 | 27 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | 1 | 51.85% | List | |||
Hull KR | 2011 | 26 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 14 | 13 | 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 |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio, Max Turner, Cymru RL, Bill Bates
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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