Dunamis Lui

Dunamis Lui (born 16 February 1990) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer plays as a prop and lock for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Hostplus Cup.

Dunamis Lui

Personal information
Full name	Dunamis Lui
Born	(1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 (age 34) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2010–13 Brisbane Broncos 32 1 0 0 4 2014–15 Manly Sea Eagles 38 1 0 0 4 2016 St. George Illawarra 10 0 0 0 0 2017–21 Canberra Raiders 89 3 0 0 12 2022 New Zealand Warriors 4 0 0 0 0 Total 173 5 0 0 20 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014–19 Samoa 6 0 0 0 0 2020 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] As of 4 June 2021

Lui previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Canberra Raiders and the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League, and at representative level for Queensland in the State of Origin series.

Background

Lui was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He is of Samoan descent and Nauruan descent.

Lui played his junior football for the Aspley Devils and Brisbane Brothers before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.

Lui playing for the Broncos in 2009

Lui played for the Broncos NYC team from 2008 to 2010.^[2] Lui has played for the Queensland Schoolboys team. Lui has played for the AIS team.

Playing career

2010

In round 5 of the 2010 NRL season, Lui made his NRL debut for the Brisbane Broncos against the St. George Illawarra Dragons off the interchange bench in the Broncos 34–16 loss at WIN Stadium.^[3][4] In round 6 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Lui scored his first NRL career try in the Broncos 44–16 win at Suncorp Stadium.^[5] Lui finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 4 matches and scoring a try for the Brisbane Broncos.

2011

On 12 May 2011, Lui re-signed with Brisbane on a two-year contract to the end of the 2013 season.^[6] Lui finished the 2011 NRL season with him playing in 6 matches for the Broncos.

2012

Lui finished the 2012 NRL season with him played in 9 matches for Brisbane.

2013

On 28 August 2013, Lui signed a one-year contract with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2014.^[7][8] Lui played in 13 matches in his last year for the Brisbane Broncos in the 2013 NRL season.

2014

In round 1 of the 2014 NRL season, Lui made his club debut for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles against the Melbourne Storm off the interchange bench in the club's 23–22 loss at Brookvale Oval.^[9]

In May 2014, Lui played for Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International against Fiji off the interchange bench in Samoa's 32–16 win at Penrith Stadium.^[10] In round 17 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Lui scored his first club try for Manly-Warringah in the 23–16 loss at ANZ Stadium, Lui scoring his first try since round 6 of the 2010 NRL season for the Brisbane Broncos.^[11] Lui finished off his first year with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles with him playing in 21 matches and scoring a try in the 2014 NRL season. On 7 October 2014, Lui was selected in Samoa 24-man squad for the 2014 Rugby League Four Nations.^[12] Lui played in 2 matches in the tournament.

2015

On 23 January, Lui was named in Manly's 2015 Auckland Nines squad.^[13] On 2 May, Lui played for Samoa in the 2015 Polynesian Cup battle against Tonga, playing off the interchange bench in Samoa's 18–16 win at Cbus Super Stadium.^[14] On 16 September, Lui signed a two-year contract with St. George Illawarra starting in 2016.^[15][16] Lui finished his last year with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles with him playing in 17 matches in the 2015 NRL season.

2016

In February, Lui played for St. George Illawarra in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines.^[17] In round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, Lui made his club debut for St. George Illawarra against the Melbourne Storm, playing off the interchange bench in St. George's 18–16 loss at AAMI Park.^[18]

On 9 November 2016, Lui signed a two-year deal with the Canberra Raiders commencing in 2017.

2018

Lui signed a further three-year extension on 8 August 2018, keeping him at the Canberra Raiders until the end of the 2021 season.^[19]

2019

Lui made 27 appearances for Canberra in the 2019 NRL season as the club reached their first grand final in 25 years. Lui played from the bench in the 2019 NRL Grand Final in which Canberra were defeated by the Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium.^[20][21][22]

2020

Lui played 20 games for Canberra in the 2020 NRL season, including all three of Canberra's finals matches.^[23] At the end of the season, he made a long-awaited State of Origin debut for Queensland in the second match of the series, replacing the injured Christian Welch in a 34-10 loss to New South Wales.

2021

Lui made a total of 11 appearances for Canberra in the 2021 NRL season which saw the club miss the finals. Following the end of the season, Lui was released by Canberra.^[24]

2022

In 2022, Lui joined the New Zealand Warriors. Lui made a total only four appearances for the New Zealand club as they finished 15th on the table. On 6 September, the club announced Lui was one of 15 players who were being released.^[25]

References

1. "Dunamis Lui - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
2. Archived 6 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Broncos Name Dunamis Lui in NRL Squad for Dragons Clash". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
4. "Dragons v Broncos at Win Stadium". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
5. Wayne Heming (18 April 2010). "Broncos punish gummy Sharks". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
6. "Broncos sign two more young NRL hopefuls". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
7. "Dunamis Lui Poised to Leave Broncos". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
8. Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
9. "Anthony Watmough Has Declared His Side's Performance as Not up to NRL Standard". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
10. "Gutsy Samoa Secures Place in Four Nations Tournament". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
11. Andrew Sonter (4 July 2014). "Live: Bulldogs v Sea Eagles". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
12. "Toa Samoa name Four Nations squad". NRL.com. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
13. "SEA EAGLES UNVEIL 2015 NINES SQUAD". Rugby League Week. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
14. "Video". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
15. "Dragons sign Sea Eagles forward". NRL.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
16. "Dragons sign Dunamis Lui | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
17. "Dragons name 2016 Nines squad". Rugby League Week. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
18. "An imperfect Storm can prolong era of dominance". dailytelegraph. 7 March 2016.
19. Helmers, Caden (8 August 2018). "Dunamis Lui pens Canberra Raiders extension". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
20. "NRL grand final player ratings: Roosters and Raiders hits and misses". The Sydney Morning Herald.
21. "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC.
22. "How Ricky Stuart reacted to grand final 'six-again' refereeing shocker". WWOS.
23. "Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart storms out of press conference after one question". wwos.nine.com.au.
24. "Peachey bound for Tigertown; Suli a Dragon". www.nrl.com.
25. "Warriors farewell 15 players after return to New Zealand". www.foxsports.com.au.

External links

• Canberra Raiders profile
• St. George Illawarra Dragons profile