Jirah Momoisea
Jirah Momoisea (born 2 September 1998) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. His position is . Background. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Momoisea played his junior rugby league for St Paul's College, before being signed by the Melbourne Storm. Playing career. Early years. In 2017, Momoisea played for the Melbourne Storm NYC team. In 2018, he joined the Newcastle Knights and played for their Jersey Flegg Cup side. In 2019, he graduated to their Intrust Super Premiership team. In July 2019, he was upgraded  to an NRL development contract with the Knights until the end of 2020. In January 2020, his contract was upgraded to the NRL top 30 squad and extended until the end of 2022. In December 2020, prior to the Christmas break, Momoisea ruptured his achilles tendon and had surgery to repair the injury, which would sideline him for the start of 2021. 2021. Momoisea made his return from injury with the Knights' Knock-On Effect NSW Cup side in May, before the competition was postponed in June and subsequently cancelled due to a breakout of the COVID-19 virus in New  South Wales. However he travelled with the Knights' NRL squad to Queensland as the competition relocated to avoid the virus. In round 23 of the 2021 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Knights in their 22-16 win over the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.