Lesley Vainikolo

Lesley Vainikolo
Personal information
BornLesley Paea 'I'muli Vainikolo
(1979-05-04) 4 May 1979
Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997–02 Canberra Raiders 69 35 0 0 140
2002–07 Bradford Bulls 152 149 1 0 598
Total 221 184 1 0 738
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998–05 New Zealand 14 14 0 0 56
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–12 Gloucester Rugby 87 (180)
2012–13 La Rochelle 13 (5)
2013–14 Angerien ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2002 Tonga sevens
2008 England 5 (0)

Lesley Paea 'I'muli Vainikolo (born 4 May 1979) is a former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer. A dual code international, he has played for the New Zealand Kiwis in rugby league and England in rugby union.

He began his career playing rugby league in Australia for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League and later in England for the Bradford Bulls of Super League. He then moved to English rugby union club Gloucester. In both codes, he has usually played as a wing.