Gray Viane

Gray Viane (born 19 May 1982) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s.

Gray Viane
Personal information
Full nameGray Viane
Born (1982-05-19) 19 May 1982
Otahuhu, New Zealand
Playing information
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
PositionSecond-row, Centre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003 Wests Tigers 9 0 0 0 0
2004 St Helens 4 1 0 0 4
2005 Widnes Vikings 20 13 0 0 52
2006 Castleford Tigers 27 14 0 0 56
2007 Salford City Reds 11 2 0 0 8
Total 71 30 0 0 120
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005–06 Samoa 4 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Early life

Viane was born in Otahuhu, New Zealand.

Viane played junior rugby league for the Leumeah Wolves and Liverpool Catholic Club Raiders, and attended Sarah Redfern High (a renowned rugby league school in Minto, New South Wales). He was selected to represent the Australian schoolboys rugby union team.

Playing career

Viane began his career in Australia with Wests Tigers, playing 9 NRL first grade games in 2003, before moving to England and signing in 2004 with St. Helens (Heritage № 1146). Viane managed 4 games in total at St. Helens, scoring one try. The Samoan moved onto Widnes Vikings a season later and featured more prominently in the club's bid for Super League survival. He led the scoring sheet with thirteen tries in his stint in Widnes.

Widnes were relegated at the end of the season. He then moved onto the newly promoted Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 845) in 2006 and had a good spell at the club playing 27 games and once again being the leading try scorer with 14 tries.[2] He moved to Salford to replace the retired Junior Langi, and was given the number 15 shirt, playing 9 games with 2 tries.

Viane was known for his tough defence and prolific try scoring. He was a Samoa international.[3]

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. "England 38-14 Samoa". BBC. 5 November 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2008.


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