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Paleaaesina promises play-off spot
Mon January 17, 2011
by engage Super League
Source: www.superleague.co.uk

Grand Final winner Iafeta Paleaaesina has issued a guarantee to help his new club reach the Engage Super League play-offs this year.

Salford City Reds finished third from bottom last year, one place higher than on their return to the top flight in 2009, but have high hopes of leaving The Willows as a top-eight team after rebuilding their squad.

Paleaaesina, who ended his Wigan Warriors career on a high with victory over St Helens at Old Trafford in October, is one of eight new faces in Shaun McRae's new-look squad and he believes the club's busy off-season recruitment drive will pay dividends.

"We'll definitely be in the top eight, I can guarantee that," said the former New Zealand prop forward.

"The new signings definitely give us the depth we needed. I think Salford did all right last year but they didn't have the back-up to offset injuries to key players."

Paleaaesina, who joined Wigan from New Zealand Warriors in 2005, had become something of a folk hero at the DW Stadium with his explosive impact from the bench and he admits it was a wrench to leave the champions.

There was no shortage of takers but he jumped at the chance to become part of the Reds revolution, a two-year contract meaning he will get the chance to join in the club's move to a new stadium in 2012.

Speaking at Salford's pre-season media day at Manchester's Trafford Centre, Paleaaesina added: "I'd have loved to have stayed at Wigan and I was gutted when they told me they weren't renewing my contract.

"But I'm grateful to Salford for providing me with a fresh start. It's a new chapter in my life and I'm going to enjoy it.

"I had a few options and, to be honest, I was pretty close to going to Bradford, but (Salford football director) Steve Simms and Shaun McRae sold the club to me and the rest is history.

"If I can please the crowd it will be good for me but my goal is to just do well for Salford."

Paleaaesina will make his first appearance for his new club against Wigan in Sunday's pre-season friendly at The Willows and he admits it will be strange facing his old team-mates.

"I talked to Thomas (Leuluai) and George (Carmont) and told them it will be weird," he said. "They were my team-mates for five years and I knew them back home in New Zealand so it will definitely be strange."

Quartet to leave Wigan
Wed September 1, 2010
Source: www.wiganwarriors.com

Wigan Warriors will say farewell to four players at the end of the 2010 season with Mark Riddell, Iafeta Paleaaesina, Phil Bailey and Shaun Ainscough all leaving the Club.

Riddell confirmed to the Club at the end of June that he wished to return to Australia for family reasons and, on compassionate grounds, the Club granted the hooker a release from his contract for 2011.

The contracts of Paleaaesina, Bailey and Ainscough come to an end in November and the decision has been made by the Club that they will not be renewed.

Speaking about the departing players, Head Coach Michael Maguire said,

"We are sorry to see the departure of these four players and thank them all for their service to Wigan.

"We knew about Mark's situation in June and we will be sad to lose him but fully understand the reasons behind his decision.

"Feka Paleaaesina and Phil Bailey have both given exceptional service to the Club. Phil has been an extremely valuable member of the Senior Group and has shown his commitment to Wigan both on and off the field, particularly with his willingness to play out of position whenever called upon and his support of the younger players. Feka has added many special moments to games for Wigan fans and his popularity, good humour and sheer effort for Wigan have been exceptional.

"Whilst he played so well in the previous Season, Shaun Ainscough has played only once so far for the First Team in 2010 having spent a good proportion of the season under dual registration and on loan. The decision to release him to allow him to get Super League experience elsewhere was very difficult but we felt this was the right choice for Shaun and for the Club at this time in his career.

"It is never an easy decision to release players but under the constraints of the Salary Cap we will never be able to keep every young player who comes through our system and it is important to give them the chance to develop elsewhere. We hope Shaun does well and, as a Wiganer, he will always be welcome back at the DW Stadium.

"I wish them all well for the future and I know that all four players will want to end their time at Wigan with success as we now look forward towards the Play-Offs."

There are still players within the squad that the Club are talking to about new contracts. Announcements on the future of these players will be made in due course.

Tue November 14, 2006

Paleaaesina and Hansen re-sign with Wigan

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2012 Stobart Super League

Salford City Reds 
12 games; 2 tries, 8 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [04 Feb 12] L 10-24 v Castleford (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 3 [19 Feb 12] W 38-18 v Widnes (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [24 Feb 12] W 24-22 v Hull FC (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 5 [02 Mar 12] W 44-12 v London (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [10 Mar 12] L 18-40 v Catalans (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 7 [16 Mar 12] L 16-56 v Leeds (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 8 [25 Mar 12] W 38-18 v Bradford (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 9 [30 Mar 12] L 20-40 v Wigan (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 10 [06 Apr 12] L 10-36 v Huddersfield (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 11 [09 Apr 12] L 10-18 v Hull KR (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 12 [21 Apr 12] L 22-26 v Wakefield (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 14 [18 May 12] D 20-20 v Bradford (H). [BE] 
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2011 engage English Super League

Salford City Reds 
22 games; 1 tries, 4 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [13 Feb 11] L 12-42 v Crusaders. [BE] 
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 11] L 22-56 v St Helens (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 11] W 32-6 v Wakefield (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 4 [04 Mar 11] L 16-32 v Wigan (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 11] L 12-46 v Leeds (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 9 [10 Apr 11] L 20-52 v Castleford (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 10 [16 Apr 11] W 56-16 v Bradford (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 12 [26 Apr 11] L 22-52 v Huddersfield (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 13 [30 Apr 11] W 34-16 v Harlequins (A). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [13 May 11] L 16-32 v Hull FC (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 15 [29 May 11] L 14-28 v Bradford (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 16 [03 Jun 11] W 34-12 v Wakefield (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 17 [12 Jun 11] W 18-16 v Warrington (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 18 [17 Jun 11] L 8-15 v Castleford (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 19 [24 Jun 11] W 22-18 v Crusaders (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 20 [01 Jul 11] W 26-18 v Harlequins (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 21 [08 Jul 11] L 16-52 v Hull FC (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 22 [17 Jul 11] L 8-21 v Hull KR (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 24 [14 Aug 11] L 18-52 v Wigan (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 25 [19 Aug 11] W 24-18 v Huddersfield (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 11] L 6-31 v St Helens (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 27 [11 Sep 11] L 18-44 v Catalans (H). [BE] 
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2010 engage English Super League

Wigan Warriors 
20 games; 2 tries, 8 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [05 Feb 10] W 38-6 v Crusaders (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 2 [12 Feb 10] W 32-6 v Hull KR (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 3 [20 Feb 10] W 22-20 v Warrington (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 5 [05 Mar 10] L 20-22 v Bradford (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 9 [02 Apr 10] W 18-10 v St Helens (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 10] W 18-4 v Salford City (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 12 [23 Apr 10] L 26-38 v Harlequins (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 13 - Magic Weekend [02 May 10] W 28-10 v Huddersfield. [BE] 
[View] Round 15 [22 May 10] W 46-26 v Crusaders (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 16 [06 Jun 10] W 38-22 v Castleford (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 17 [13 Jun 10] W 48-6 v Wakefield (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 18 [20 Jun 10] L 24-26 v St Helens (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 23 [23 Jul 10] W 46-0 v Hull FC (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 24 [30 Jul 10] W 26-12 v Leeds (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 25 [15 Aug 10] L 16-18 v Huddersfield (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 26 [22 Aug 10] W 38-18 v Hull KR (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 27 [03 Sep 10] W 34-12 v Bradford (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 2 [17 Sep 10] W 42-18 v Hull KR (H). [BE] 
[View] Finals Week 3 [25 Sep 10] W 26-6 v Leeds (A). [BE] 
[View] Grand Final [02 Oct 10] W 22-10 v St Helens. [BE] 
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2009 engage English Super League

Wigan Warriors 
30 games; 3 tries, 12 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [13 Feb 09] L 10-18 v Hull FC (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 2 [20 Feb 09] L 22-28 v Castleford (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 3 [28 Feb 09] W 24-18 v Harlequins (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 4 [07 Mar 09] W 44-10 v Bradford (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [13 Mar 09] L 10-34 v Leeds (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 6 [20 Mar 09] W 38-12 v Salford City (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 7 [27 Mar 09] L 8-22 v Huddersfield (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 8 [09 Apr 09] L 12-19 v St Helens (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 9 [13 Apr 09] L 24-40 v Les Catalans (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 10 [19 Apr 09] W 44-10 v Celtic (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 11 [26 Apr 09] W 40-26 v Wakefield (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 12 [02 May 09] W 38-18 v St Helens. [BE] 
[View] Round 13 [15 May 09] L 12-20 v Hull KR (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 14 [22 May 09] L 8-16 v Warrington (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 15 [05 Jun 09] W 34-18 v Salford City (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 16 [13 Jun 09] L 16-22 v Celtic (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 17 [08 Feb 09] L 6-12 v Wakefield (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 18 [28 Jun 09] W 36-28 v Hull KR (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 19 [03 Jul 09] W 40-12 v Harlequins (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 20 [10 Jul 09] W 24-22 v Les Catalans (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 21 [19 Jul 09] W 20-14 v Bradford (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 22 [24 Jul 09] W 28-10 v Leeds (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 23 [31 Jul 09] L 6-10 v St Helens (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 24 [14 Aug 09] W 36-16 v Warrington (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 25 [23 Aug 09] W 29-26 v Castleford (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 09] W 34-22 v Hull FC (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 27 [13 Sep 09] L 16-48 v Huddersfield (A). [BE] 
[View] Finals Week 1 [20 Sep 09] W 18-12 v Castleford (H). [BE] 
[View] Finals Week 2 [26 Sep 09] W 30-16 v Hull KR (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 3 [03 Oct 09] L 10-14 v St Helens (A). [BE] 
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2008 engage English Super League

Wigan Warriors 
29 games; 5 tries, 20 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [09 Feb 08] W 47-28 v Harlequins (A). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [15 Feb 08] W 28-16 v Castleford (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] L 22-24 v Hull FC (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 4 [01 Mar 08] W 28-14 v Bradford (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 5 [08 Mar 08] L 20-32 v Warrington (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 6 [16 Mar 08] W 20-19 v Huddersfield (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 7 [21 Mar 08] L 10-46 v St Helens (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] W 18-12 v Hull KR (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 9 [28 Mar 08] W 8-4 v Wakefield (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 10 [05 Apr 08] W 14-10 v Leeds (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 08] L 24-26 v Les Catalans (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 12 [27 Apr 08] L 12-26 v Bradford (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 13 [04 May 08] L 16-57 v St Helens. [BE] 
[View] Round 14 [16 May 08] W 38-14 v Warrington (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 15 [25 May 08] W 38-30 v Wakefield (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 16 [25 Jul 08] L 4-34 v Huddersfield (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 17 [14 Jun 08] L 38-45 v Les Catalans (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [22 Jun 08] D 22-22 v Castleford (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 19 [27 Jun 08] W 38-20 v Harlequins (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 21 [13 Jul 08] L 22-39 v Hull KR (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 22 [18 Jul 08] L 12-46 v St Helens (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 23 [01 Aug 08] W 66-6 v Hull FC (H). [BE] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 24 [09 Aug 08] D 16-16 v Les Catalans (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 25 [15 Aug 08] W 32-22 v Wakefield (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 26 [22 Aug 08] L 16-52 v Leeds (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 27 [05 Sep 08] D 16-16 v St Helens (A). [BE] 
[View] Finals Week 1 [12 Sep 08] W 30-14 v Bradford (H). [BE] 
[View] Finals Week 2 [20 Sep 08] W 50-26 v Catalans (A). [BE] 
[View] Finals Week 3 [26 Sep 08] L 14-18 v Leeds (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
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2007 engage English Super League

Wigan Warriors 
29 games; 1 tries, 4 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [09 Feb 07] L 10-16 v Warrington (H). [PR]
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 07] W 18-16 v Les Catalans (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 07] L 28-32 v Bradford (A). [PR]
[View] Round 4 [02 Mar 07] L 16-26 v Hull KR (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 5 [09 Mar 07] W 16-12 v Harlequins (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 6 [16 Mar 07] W 25-8 v Salford City (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 7 [23 Mar 07] W 30-20 v Hull FC (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] L 14-32 v St Helens (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 9 [10 Apr 07] W 20-18 v Leeds (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 10 [15 Apr 07] L 16-41 v Huddersfield (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 11 [20 Apr 07] W 44-10 v Wakefield (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 12 [27 Apr 07] W 50-24 v Salford City (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 13 [05 May 07] L 18-34 v St Helens. [PR] 
[View] Round 14 [18 May 07] L 10-12 v Hull KR (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 15 [26 May 07] W 47-16 v Hull FC (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 16 [02 Jun 07] L 8-18 v Harlequins (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 18 [01 Jul 07] L 6-32 v Wakefield (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 19 [06 Jul 07] W 25-18 v Bradford (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 20 [12 Jul 07] W 18-2 v Leeds (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 21 [20 Jul 07] L 12-19 v St Helens (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 22 [05 Aug 07] L 24-43 v Warrington (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 23 [10 Aug 07] W 20-12 v Huddersfield (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 24 [18 Aug 07] D 16-16 v Harlequins (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 25 [31 Aug 07] W 40-16 v Salford City (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [09 Sep 07] W 40-24 v Hull KR (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 27 [14 Sep 07] W 20-12 v St Helens (H). [PR] 
[View] Finals Week 1 [21 Sep 07] W 31-30 v Bradford (A). [PR] 
[View] Finals Week 2 [29 Sep 07] W 21-18 v Hull FC (A). [PR] 
[View] Finals Week 3 [05 Oct 07] L 6-36 v Leeds (A). [PR] 
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2006 International Test Matches

New Zealand 
1 games; 1 tries, 4 points. 
		 [View] XXXX Test [27 Jun 06] L 14-46 v Great Britain (A). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
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2006 engage English Super League

Wigan Warriors 
24 games; 5 tries, 20 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [11 Feb 06] L 30-38 v Catalans (A). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 06] L 16-24 v Leeds (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 06] W 36-20 v Huddersfield (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [03 Mar 06] L 10-28 v Salford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [10 Mar 06] L 12-24 v Warrington (H). [PR]
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 06] L 18-30 v Harlequins (H). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [22 Apr 06] W 46-14 v Huddersfield (A). [PR]
[View] Round 12 [30 Apr 06] L 12-54 v Hull FC (A). [PR]
[View] Round 13 [05 May 06] L 24-30 v Castleford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [13 May 06] L 8-10 v Wakefield (A). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [27 May 06] L 14-28 v St Helens (H). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [09 Jun 06] L 22-48 v Leeds (A). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [18 Jun 06] W 24-18 v Les Catalans (H). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [23 Jun 06] W 30-12 v Warrington (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [01 Jul 06] W 26-24 v Harlequins (A). [PR]
[View] Round 20 [07 Jul 06] W 42-24 v Wakefield (H). [PR]
[View] Round 21 [14 Jul 06] W 20-12 v Salford City (H). [PR]
[View] Round 22 [23 Jul 06] L 20-22 v Warrington (A). [PR]
[View] Round 23 [04 Aug 06] W 40-4 v Les Catalans (H). [PR]
[View] Round 24 [11 Aug 06] W 20-18 v Leeds (A). [PR]
[View] Round 25 [18 Aug 06] W 14-10 v Huddersfield (H). [PR]
[View] Round 26 [01 Sep 06] W 38-16 v Bradford (H). [PR]
[View] Round 27 [10 Sep 06] L 30-31 v Harlequins (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 28 [15 Sep 06] W 38-16 v Hull FC (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
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2005 Tri-Nations Test Series

New Zealand 
1 games; [View] Tri-Nations Match 2 [21 Oct 05] L 26-28 v Australia (H). [BE]
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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership

New Zealand Warriors 
22 games; 3 tries, 12 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [13 Mar 05] L 20-26 v Sea Eagles (H). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [19 Mar 05] W 24-12 v Broncos (A). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [27 Mar 05] L 22-32 v Cowboys (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t (35th)
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 05] W 46-14 v Souths (H). [PR]
[View] Round 5 [09 Apr 05] L 6-24 v Tigers (A). [PR]
[View] Round 6 [17 Apr 05] W 30-26 v Knights (A). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [01 May 05] L 14-16 v Panthers (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [07 May 05] L 24-28 v Sharks (A). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [15 May 05] L 6-10 v Roosters (H). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [04 Jun 05] L 18-32 v Dragons (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t (55th)
[View] Round 14 [12 Jun 05] W 24-16 v Storm (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t (38th)
[View] Round 15 [18 Jun 05] L 18-28 v Eels (A). [PR]
[View] Round 16 [26 Jun 05] W 30-18 v Broncos (H). [PR]
[View] Round 17 [02 Jul 05] L 16-24 v Cowboys (A). [PR]
[View] Round 18 [10 Jul 05] L 24-26 v Bulldogs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 19 [16 Jul 05] W 24-22 v Roosters (A). [PR]
[View] Round 20 [23 Jul 05] W 24-16 v Raiders (H). [PR]
[View] Round 21 [30 Jul 05] L 34-42 v Panthers (A). [PR]
[View] Round 22 [06 Aug 05] L 20-38 v Eels (H). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [13 Aug 05] L 10-22 v Storm (A). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [20 Aug 05] L 4-16 v Knights (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [27 Aug 05] W 22-20 v Sea Eagles (A). [BE]
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2004 NRL Telstra Premiership

New Zealand Warriors 
2 games; [View] Round 1 [14 Mar 04] L 20-28 v Broncos (A). [PR]
[View] Round 2 [20 Mar 04] L 10-16 v Dragons (H). [PR]
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