King Vuniyayawa

Personal information
Born	(1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 28) Lautoka, Viti Levu, Fiji
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	16 st 10 lb (106 kg)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2020 New Zealand Warriors 5 0 0 0 0 2021 Leeds Rhinos 16 1 0 0 4 2022– Salford Red Devils 43 4 0 0 16 Total 64 5 0 0 20 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2018– Fiji 7 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2] As of 31 December 2022

King Vuniyayawa (born 13 March 1995) is a Fijian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop orsecond-row for the Salford Red Devils in the Betfred Super League and Fiji at international level.

He has previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL and the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.

Background

Vuniyayawa was born in Lautoka, Fiji.^[3]

Career

In 2018, Vuniyayawa was selected to represent Fiji vs Papua New Guinea.^[4] Vuniyayawa made his NRL debut in Round 1, 2020, in the Warriors' 20–0 loss against the Newcastle Knights.^[5]

Leeds

On 16 January 2021, it was reported that he had signed for Leeds in the Super League.^[6] On 9 October, Vuniyayawa signed a two-year contract to join Salford.^[7]

Salford

On 9 October 2021 Salford announced the signing of Fijian international King Vuniyayawa on a two-year contract. Following Salford's 30-14 victory over Castleford in May 2022, Vuniyayawa was ruled out of the remainder of the 2022 season with a pectoral injury. Vuniyayawa made a remarkable recovery and made returned to first team action in the resounding Round 26 victory away at Castleford.^[8] In the 2023 Super League season, he played 25 matches for Salford as the club finished 7th on the table and missed the playoffs.^[9]