Luca Moretti
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| Full name | Luca Moretti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock, Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luca Moretti (born 19 April 2000) is an Italian international rugby league player who plays as a second-row or prop forward for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League and NSW Cup.
Background
[edit | edit source]Moretti is of Italian descent and attended school at Waverley College where he was a prominent rugby union player.[2] He played his junior rugby league with Clovelly Crocodiles.[3]
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Club career
[edit | edit source]In round 13 of the 2023 NRL season, Moretti made his first grade debut for Parramatta in their 24–16 victory over North Queensland.[4] On 29 August 2023 Moretti was voted Parramatta's NSW Cup player of the season at the Ken Thornett Medal presentation night.[5]
2024
[edit | edit source]Moretti played 12 games for Parramatta in the 2024 NRL season as the club finished 15th on the table.[6]
2025
[edit | edit source]On 16 January the Parramatta outfit announced that Moretti had re-signed with the club until the end of the 2027 season. Moretti played 12 games for Parramatta in the 2025 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table.[7][8]
International career
[edit | edit source]In 2022 Moretti was named in the Italy squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.[9] Moretti made his Italy debut in the opening round of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup against Scotland which Italy won 28-4.[10]
Statistics
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Games | Tries | Pts |
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| 2023 | File:Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 12 | |||
| 2026 | ||||
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 8 |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Rugby League Project
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- ^ NRL - Rare dual-code history for Roosters schoolboy star
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External links
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rugby league players
- Italy national rugby league team players
- Parramatta Eels players
- Rugby league players from New South Wales
- Rugby league props
- Australian people of Italian descent
- Italian sportspeople stubs
- Rugby league biography stubs