Esikeli Tonga
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Esikeli Tonga | |||||
| Born | 5 February 1988 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||
| Weight | 94kg (14 st 11 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Centre, Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2008–2011 | Gold Coast Titans | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 2012 | Parramatta Eels | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013– | Manly-Warringah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2008 | Tonga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As of 26 July 2011 | ||||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Esikeli Tonga (born 5 February 1988 in Dubbo, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. A Tongan international representative three-quarter or second-rower, he is the younger brother of Parramatta Eels centre Willie Tonga.[1]
In 2005 Tonga graduated from Marsden State High School in Logan City.[2]
In August 2008, Esi Tonga was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[3] and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man Tonga squad.[4]
He is of both Australian Aboriginal and Tongan descent.
References
- ↑ Turgeon, Luke (31 May 2008). "Young Titan Tonga set to make debut". GoldCoast.com.au (News Limited). Retrieved 5 June 2008.
- ↑ Marshall, Matt (23 April 2009). "School days to class acts". The Daily Telegraph (News Limited).
- ↑ "Tug-of-war over Mason". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 5 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ↑ "Anderson ruled out of World Cup". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
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