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| Full name | Joseph Frederick Galuvao[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1978-07-08)8 July 1978 (age 47) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Second-row, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joe Galuvao (born 8 July 1978) is a former professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s in theNRL. ASamoa andNew Zealand internationalsecond row forward, he played for theAuckland Warriors,Parramatta Eels,South Sydney Rabbitohs,Penrith Panthers (with whom he won the2003 NRL Premiership) andManly-Warringah Sea Eagles (with whom he won the2011 NRL Premiership).
Galuvao was born inAuckland, New Zealand.
After starting his playing career in the late 1990s with theAuckland Warriors, Galuvao was a member of the2003 NRL premiership-winning Panthers team which defeated theSydney Roosters in the2003 NRL grand final. With fellow second-rowerTony Puletua, Galuvao was known as one of the "Hair Bears" and was rated one of the best second-rowers in the world in 2003.[4] As 2003 NRL premiers, the Panthers travelled to England to faceSuper League VIII champions, theBradford Bulls in the2004 World Club Challenge. Galuvao played as second-row forward in the Panthers' 22-4 loss.
Galuvao joined South Sydney from 2006 on a three-year deal.[4] Galuvao was released in September 2007 after a campaign to encourage him to retire, reportedly being told by Souths to swap "the paddock for the pulpit".[5][6] Galuvao signed a two-year contract with Parramatta, keeping him with the Eels through the2009 NRL season.
In the2008 NRL season, he only played in sixNRL games for Parramatta. In 2009, however he matched that total in the first six games of the season.[6] In August, 2009, Galuvao extended his playing career by signing a three-year deal withManly-Warringah Sea Eagles.[7]On October 4, 2009, Galuvao played for Parramatta in the2009 NRL Grand Final defeat by Melbourne. In 2010, Melbourne were subsequently stripped of the premiership they won against Parramatta for major and deliberate breaches of the salary cap.[8][9]
Despite being concussed in a pre-season match,[10] Galuvao made his debut for Manly against his old club Parramatta in round 2 of the2010 NRL season.[11] Galuvao won a second premiership as part of Manly's victorious2011 NRL Grand Final squad. He, along withShane Rodney have played in the same premiership team twice, Rodney having been a teammate of Galuvao's in Penrith's victorious2003 NRL Grand Final squad. In 2013, after suffering a season-ending injury, Galuvao announced his retirement.[12]
