Tohu Harris
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Tohu Harris | |||||
| Born | 7 January 1992 Hastings, New Zealand | |||||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Lock, Prop, Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013– | Melbourne Storm | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Tohu Harris (born 7 January 1992) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League. A New Zealand national representative, he primarily plays second-row, lock, prop and centre.
Early Life
Born in Hastings, New Zealand, Harris played his junior football for the Tamatea rugby union club before being signed by the Melbourne Storm. In 2007, Harris played for the New Zealand U15's team. He played for the Storm's NYC team from 2010 to 2012, scoring 25 tries in 49 games.[2]
Playing Career
Harris played in the Melbourne Storm's 2013 World Club Challenge win over the Leeds Rhinos. In Round 1 of the 2013 NRL season he made his NRL debut for the Storm against the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[3]He was called up to the New Zealand Kiwis squad as 18th man for the 2013 Anzac test, replacing Jeremy Smith. He was promoted to the playing squad on the day of the test match when captain Simon Mannering was ruled out with a calf injury and made his debut for New Zealand on the 19 April 2013.
On 9 October 2013, Harris was dropped from the Kiwi's side for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, which had been announced a day earlier. The decision was made following the controversial[4] change of mind of Sonny Bill Williams, who had previously ruled himself out of the competition, to join the squad. He turned down a position to tour with the squad and play in a pre-tournament match against the Cook Islands in order to have minor surgery and rest before the 2014 NRL pre-season begins.[5][6] He also refused to respond to Williams after the latter tried to reach out to him after the much publicized u-turn.[7]
References
- ↑ Tohu Harris rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ "Grandstand Forums". rleague.com. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
- ↑ "Round 1 Late Mail". Melbourne Storm. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
- ↑ "NZRL defends SBW decision". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/new-zealand-axes-tohu-harris-to-pick-sonny-bill-williams-for-world-cup/story-fnca0von-1226735072021
- ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/sonny-bill-williams-eclipses-tohu-harriss-rugby-league-world-cup-dream/story-fnca0von-1226735567114
- ↑ http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/nrl/sonny-bill-williams-opens-up-about-wc-selection-saga-and-his-passion-for-league/story-fn7shzfu-1226748915410 FOX SPORTS
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