Herman Ese'ese

Herman Eseese
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Personal information
Full nameHerman Ese'ese
Born (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 27)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 Canterbury Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Brisbane Broncos 30 1 0 0 4
2018–20 Newcastle Knights 62 5 0 0 20
2021– Gold Coast Titans 7 1 0 0 4
Total 100 7 0 0 28
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017–19 Samoa 6 0 0 0 0
2018 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
As of 7 May 2022
Source:

Herman Ese'ese (born 7 September 1994) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and lock for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL. He has played for both New Zealand and Samoa at international level.

He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Brisbane Broncos and the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He will join English Super League club Hull FC for the 2023 season to replace their overseas youth team departure Joe Lovodua.

Background

Ese'ese was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Samoan descent.

He played his junior rugby league for the Mangere East Hawks and Wests Panthers, before being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2011.

Ese'ese is the nephew of New Zealand Kiwis international Ali Lauiti'iti.

Playing career

Early career

In 2013 and 2014, Ese'ese played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' NYC team.

2015

In 2015, Ese'ese graduated to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' New South Wales Cup team. In Round 7 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown club against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. He was contracted to the Bulldogs until the end of 2016, however, after being stood down in April due to a drink driving charge, he was released from the final year of his contract. Late in the year, he signed with the Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Cup for 2016, while training with the Brisbane Broncos during the 2016 pre-season.

2016

After gaining a contract with the Brisbane Broncos during the pre-season, Ese'ese made his Brisbane debut against South Sydney in Round 8 of the season. In September, he re-signed with the Brisbane club on a two-year contract until the end of 2018.

2017

Ese’ese earned a starting spot at prop over Korbin Sims in some matches. On 6 May, Ese’ese made his international debut for Samoa against England, playing off the interchange bench in the 30–10 loss at Campbelltown Stadium.

In July, he signed a three-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2018. In round 25, he scored his first ever NRL try against the Parramatta Eels, in Brisbane's 34–52 loss at Suncorp Stadium.

2018

In round 1 of the 2018 season, Ese'ese made his debut for Newcastle in their 19–18 golden point extra-time win over the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.

2019

Ese'ese played 18 games in the 2019 NRL season for Newcastle as the club finished 11th on the table for a second consecutive year.

2020

In July, Ese'ese signed a two-year contract with the Gold Coast Titans starting in 2021.

2021

In round 10 of the 2021 NRL season, he was sent off for a high tackle during the Gold Coast's 48–12 loss against Penrith.


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