St. George Illawarra Dragons Lulia made his
NRL début for the
St. George Illawarra Dragons in Round 1 of the
2007 NRL season against the newly admitted
Gold Coast side. He scored a try on debut in a 20-18 victory.
Newcastle Knights Brian Smith signed Lulia to be a part of the
Newcastle Knights side of 2008. He played in 46 matches for the Newcastle outfit spanning from 2008 to 2011.
Bradford Bulls (Super League) In June 2011, the
Bradford Bulls announced that Lulia had signed a two-year contract with the
Super League club. In 2012, Lulia missed the all four pre-season games due to a biceps tear. He also missed the first 2 rounds. However he featured in 25 consecutive games from Round 3 against Wigan to Round 27 against the
Catalans Dragons. He also featured in the
Challenge Cup against
Doncaster and
Warrington. Lulia played in the pre-season friendlies against
Dewsbury and
Leeds. Lulia featured in seven consecutive games from Round 1
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats to Round 7
Hull Kingston Rovers. He was injured for Round 8. He featured in Round 9
Leeds to Round 20
Warrington. He missed Round 21 due to the birth of his child. Lulia returned in Round 22 against
Hull F.C. to Round 27
Huddersfield. Lulia also featured in the
Challenge Cup against
Rochdale and the
London Broncos.
Wests Tigers On 18 July 2013, Lulia signed a two-year deal with the
Wests Tigers, starting in 2014. He appeared sporadically in first grade in 2014, covering for injured players
Chris Lawrence,
Tim Simona and
David Nofoaluma. In Round 19 of the
2014 NRL season, Lulia scored four tries against the
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, equaling the club record set by
Kevin McGuinness and
Marika Koroibete. His coach,
Mick Potter, said, "that was a great performance from him. His finishing ability was just second to none. A couple of those tries he scored, not too many people can do that sort of stuff." In August 2014, Lulia suffered a small vertebrae fracture to his neck and played no further football for the year. He made no first grade appearances in 2015 and was released at the end of the year. ==Representative career==