Vai Toutai

Vai Toutai
Toutai playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2012.
Personal information
Full name Vai Afu Toutai
Born 28 January 1993
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Parramatta Eels 25 12 0 0 48
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Tonga 1 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP

Vai Toutai (born 28 January 1993) is an Tongan Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Parramatta Eels of the National Rugby League. Toutai primarily plays centre and wing. Toutai is a Tonga national representative.

Playing Career

Born in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Toutai attended Eagle Vale High School and played his junior football for Campbelltown City and Fairfield United before being signed by the Parramatta Eels.[1] Toutai played for the Eels NYC team in 2011 and 2012, scoring 12 tries in 29 games.[2]

Parramatta Eels 2013-

2013

In Round 2 of the 2013 NRL season, Toutai made his NRL debut for the Eels against the Bulldogs, replacing injured winger Ken Sio in the Eels 20-16 loss at ANZ Stadium.[3] In his next match in Round 3 against the Wests Tigers, Toutai scored his NRL first try in the Eels 31-18 loss at Leichhardt Oval.[4] Toutai finished off debut year in the NRL in the 2013 season with him playing in 15 matches and scoring 4 tries (16p).

2014

On 14 February 2014, Toutai was selected in the Eels inaugural 2014 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[5] In Round 1 against the New Zealand Warriors, Toutai scored a hatrick in the Eels 36-16 win at Parramatta Stadium.[6] On 5 June 2014, Toutai extended his contract with the Eels for a further 3 years till the end of the 2017 season.[7] In Round 23 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium, Toutai was the centre of the Eels controversial 18-16 loss after Toutai received a pass from the Eels ball boy after halfback Chris Sandow kicked a 40/20 then Toutai passing the ball to Sandow to race over to score the winning try for the Eels but was disallowed after the ball boy didn't place the ball on the ground.[8][9] Toutai finished off the Eels 2014 season with him playing in 10 matches and scoring 8 tries (32p). On 16 October 2014, Toutai was named in the Tonga squad to play against the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team in Lae.[10] Toutai played on the wing in Tonga's 32-18 loss.[11]

References

  1. ↑ http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/archive/index.php/t-352155.html
  2. ↑ http://www.rleague.com//db/player/t/toutai_vai/index.php
  3. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/live-coverage-as-the-parramatta-eels-take-on-the-canterbury-bulldogs-in-nrl-round-2/story-e6frexnr-1226597485268
  4. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/live-rolling-coverage-of-wests-tigers-v-parramatta-eels/story-e6frexnr-1226603622802
  5. ↑ http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/squads-auckland-nines/
  6. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/hattrick-heroes-semi-radradra-vai-toutai-inspire-electric-eels-to-win-over-warriors/story-fni3fbgz-1226849494193
  7. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/parramatta-eels-safeguard-their-future-after-resigning-manu-mau-kenny-edwards-and-vai-toutai/story-fni3ga7r-1226944524182
  8. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/parramatta-coach-brad-arthur-rages-at-referees-handling-of-ballboy-pass-to-vai-toutai-20140815-104rvm.html
  9. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2727507/An-11-year-old-ball-boy-centre-Parramatta-Eels-quick-tap-farce-crying-sleep.html
  10. ↑ http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/png-tonga-squads-named-test-match/
  11. ↑ http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_16551-png-beat-tonga-in-lae.html

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