Erjon Dollapi

Erjon Dollapi (born 16 March 1993 in Tropojë, Albania) is an Albanian-born rugby league footballer who plays for the London Skolars in league 1.

Erjon Dollapi

Personal information
Born	(1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 (age 30) Tropojë, Albania
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2013–15 London Broncos 38 7 0 0 28 2013–14 London Skolars (DR) 17 7 0 0 28 2015 Oxford (DR) 1 0 0 0 0 2015– London Skolars 30 19 0 0 8 Total 86 33 0 0 64
Source: ^[1]^[2]^[3] As of 16 December 2017

Early years

He was born in Albania but moved to London, England as a child.^[4][5]

Playing career

Early career

Dollapi began playing rugby league in 2007 after starting through Harlequins Rugby League Community Team and Richmond's Schools Sports Partnership's Self Esteem Through Sport programme (SETS). He went on to play for West London Sharks and Harlequins RL Under-16s foundation team on a scholarship.

London Skolars

Dollapi joined the London Skolars from the London Broncos on a dual registration on 12 February for the 2013 season following a partnership agreement signed by the two clubs which saw 5 Broncos dual register for Skolars.^[6] He featured and scored a try in Northern Rail Bowl Final against North Wales Crusaders, however Skolars lost the game 42–24.^[7][8][9]

London Broncos -

Dollapi made his Super League début on 1 April 2013 against Warrington Wolves at Halliwell Jones Stadium. He came off the bench to score the last try of the game from close range, a game which ended in a 54–20 defeat for the Broncos.^{[10][11][12][13]}

He signed a new one-year contract with the London Broncos on 17 November 2014 for the 2015 campaign in the Championship.^[14]

Having left the London Broncos in late 2015, Dollapi signed a new contract with the London Skolars in January 2016.

International career

Despite having only had played rugby league for two years, Dollapi received a call up from the England under-18 team in October 2009 where he earned one cap.

References

1. London Skolars Player Statistics 2013
3. "Players".
4. . Archived from the original on 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
5. 3 Young Londoners Make England U18's Squad
6. . Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
7. Northern Rail Bowl: North Wales Crusaders 42-24 London Skolars
8. North Wales Crusaders win Northern Rail Bowl
9. North Wales Crusaders 42-24 London Skolars
10. Warrington Wolves too good for London Broncos
11. Wolves bounce back in style Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today
12. Dixon dazzles but Wolves have too much in the tank
13. Super League: Warrington 54-20 London
14. London retain Dollapi