Wes Naiqama
Naiqama while playing for Fiji in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Wes Naiqama
Nickname	Bulla, Coconut[1]
Born	19 October 1982 (1982-10-19) (age 27)
	Sutherland, Sydney, Australia
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2005–07	St George Illawarra	38	16	48	0	160
2008–	Newcastle Knights	32	9	17	0	70
	Total	70	25	65	0	230
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–	Fiji	4	1	14	0	32
Source: Rugby League Project

Wesley Naiqama (born 19 October 1982 in Sutherland, Sydney) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League competition. Naiqama has represented Fiji on several occasions including the World Sevens, his position of choice is on the wing.

[edit] Career highlights

• Junior Club: Arncliffe Scots
• First Grade Record: 29 appearances scoring 13 tries & 32 goals
• In 2002 he scored 38 points (5 tries and 9 goals) in a Jersey Flegg for St George Illawarra against North Sydney.

[edit] Controversy

In December, 2006, Naiqama was arrested but not charged over an alleged assault in Sydney's King Cross.^[2]

On 28 February, 2007, Wes Naiqama was convicted by a Sydney court for driving a car while his license was disqualified. The court sentenced Naiqama to serve a maximum of eight months periodic detention, with a non-parole period of four months. This was the fourth time Naiqama had been convicted of such an offence.^[3][4]

As a child, Wes Naiqama attended James Cook Boys Technology High School.

[edit] Fiji

He was named in the Fiji squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Newcastle Knights profile
• Wes Naiqama NRL Profile

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