Career
A Samoa national representative second-row forward, he played his club football in the National Rugby League for Australian clubs the Penrith Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs. Puletua played his junior rugby league for the Street Mary"s Saints before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. Puletua made his NRL debut for the Penrith Panthers on April 25, 1998 against the Melbourne Storm.
Eligible to represent Samoa, Puletua did so in the 2000 World Cup.
He played for the Panthers until switching to the South Sydney Rabbitohs for the 2002 and 2003 seasons. He then signed with the new Gold Coast Titans but changed his mind and left the club, returning to Penrith.
He was named in the Samoa training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. In September 2013 Puletua gave the 15th annual Tom Brock Lecture.
