Etuate Uaisele (born 12 December 1984) is a Tongan rugby league player who currently plays rugby league for the Featherstone Rovers in the Kingstone Press Championship competition. His positions of choice are at wing or centre.
Etu, short for Etuate was born in Tonga an island nation in the South Pacific. He later migrated to New Zealand in 1996 where he first started his rugby career. Growing up in South Auckland, Uaisele attended Ferguson Intermediate in Otara, he later joined Otahuhu College where he became one of the most talented students of the school. Uaisele played for the Otahuhu Leopards and represented Auckland and Counties Manukau in the regional under 16, under 17 and under 18 tournament and was well known for his fierce tackling and running with the ball[citation needed]. Uaisele has also represented New Zealand in the Kiwi under 18[citation needed].
In 2006, Uaisele was one of the players that won the 2006 Premier League Competition for the Parramatta Rugby League Club. For the next two years, Uaisele played well in the Premier League division. However, the Parramatta Eels first grade side included international and State of Origin capped players such as Jarryd Hayne, Krisnan Inu and Eric Grothe, Jr. at his preferred positions of wing and centre, so he was not called up until Grothe was injured in early in 2009.
