Young Tonumaipea

Young Tonumaipea
Tonumaipea playing for the Storm-Sharks mixed team in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Yee-Huang Tonumaipea[1]
Born 6 September 1992
Apia, Samoa
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014– Melbourne Storm 18 5 0 0 20
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Samoa 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [2]

Yee-Huang "Young" Tonumaipea[3] (born 6 September 1992) is a Samoan-Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays fullback and wing. Tonumaipea is a Samoa national representative.

Background

Born in Apia, Samoa, Tonumaipea moved to Melbourne, Victoria at a young age to play his junior football for the Northern Thunder in the Victoria Rugby League.[4] Tonumaipea attended Roxburgh College and then joined the Melbourne Storm. Tonumaipea played for the Storm's NYC team in 2011 and 2012.[5] At the end of 2012, Tonumaipea won the Storm's NYC Player of the Year award. In 2013, Tonumaipea played for the Storm's New South Wales Cup team the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and was in the Sharks NSW Cup Grand Final winning side that defeated the Windsor Wolves 36-8.[6]

Playing career

2014

In February 2014, Tonumaipea was included in the Storms' inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad.[7] In Round 1 of the 2014 NRL season, Tonumaipea made his NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles on the wing in the Storms' 23-22 golden point win.[8] In Round 3 against the Newcastle Knights, Tonumaipea scored his first NRL career try in the Storm's 28-20 win at AAMI Park.[9] In Round 6 in a thrilling match against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Tonumaipea scored a try after the siren to win to the game for the Storm 28-24 after overcoming a 24-10 deficit in the 2nd half at AAMI Park.[10] Tonumaipea was selected to play for Samoa in the 3 May 2014 Pacific Rugby League International against Fiji. Tonumaipea played on the wing in the 32-16 win at Penrith Stadium; Tonumaipea had a try disallowed in the match.[11] On 28 May 2014, Tonumaipea re-signed with the Storm for a further 2 years, keeping him at the club till the end of the 2016 season.[12] Tonumaipea finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 14 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Storm in the 2014 NRL season.

2015

On 23 January 2015, Tonumaipea was named in the Storm's 2015 Auckland Nines squad.[13]

References

  1. ↑ http://stevemascord.com/2015/02/03/the-joy-of-six-2015-nrl-nines/
  2. ↑ RLP
  3. ↑ http://stevemascord.com/2015/02/03/the-joy-of-six-2015-nrl-nines/
  4. ↑ "Local Young Gun to Stay with Storm". Melbourne Storm. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  5. ↑ http://rleague.com/players/Young-Tonumaipea_3265/Matches/
  6. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/cronulla-sharks-overpower-windsor-wolves-to-claim-nsw-cup-title-20131006-2v1z7.html
  7. ↑ http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/squads-auckland-nines/
  8. ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/storm-edge-out-sea-eagles-by-narrowest-of-margins/story-fnca0von-1226849161861
  9. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/melbourne-storm-too-strong-for-gutsy-newcastle-knights-on-monday-night/story-fni3fbgz-1226863459671
  10. ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/melbourne-storm-beat-st-george-illawarra-dragons-in-thriller/story-fnca0von-1226884324446
  11. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/gutsy-samoa-secures-place-in-four-nations-tournament-following-win-over-fiji/story-fni3fbgz-1226904268873
  12. ↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/melbourne-storm-resigns-promising-winger-young-tonumaipea-after-retaining-kevin-proctor/story-fni3gpfh-1226934335031
  13. ↑ http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/storm-unveil-2015-nines-squad/

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