Ryan Tongia

Ryan Tongia
Rugby league career
Date of birth	(1990-05-31) 31 May 1990
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	fullback, wing, centre
Professional clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2011	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	4	(8)
National teams
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2010	Papua New Guinea	2	(4)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing, Fullback, Center
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2014–	Hawke's Bay	22	(80)
correct as of 23 October 2015.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2015–	Highlanders	3	(15)

correct as of 5 July 2015.

Ryan Tongia (born 31 May 1990 in Brisbane) is an Australian born professional rugby footballer player who currently plays rugby union for Hawke's Bay and the Highlanders in New Zealand. His position is right or left wing, or fullback. He is a Papua New Guinea rugby league international. Tongia played in two games for the Highlanders in 2015. One at Left wing and the other on the right wing.

Playing career

During his time playing rugby league for the Gold Coast Titans, Tongia did not play first grade but played in the Toyota Cup. He played two matches for Papua New Guinea in the 2010 Rugby League Four Nations.

Tongia played for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2011.

In July 2014, it was announced that he had signed with Hawke's Bay for 2014. ^[1]

References

↑ "Rugby: O'Connor ticks all the boxes says Philpott". Retrieved 10 August 2014.

External links

Highlanders squad

Forwards	Ainley Christie Coltman A. Dixon E. Dixon Edmonds Evans Franklin Geldenhuys Halanukonuka Hohneck Lentjes Lienert-Brown Pryor Reddish Squire Wheeler Whitelock

Backs	Banks Buckman Emery Faddes Fekitoa Naholo Osborne Parker Renton A. Smith B. Smith Sopoaga Thompson Tongia

Coach	Joseph

Hawke's Bay squad – Mitre 10 Cup

Forwards	Abbott Allardice Aoake Boswell-Wakefield Braidwood Cridge Dixon Edmonds Evans Fahamokioa Franks Lamborn Long Penitito Renton Riccitelli Sosene Feagai Sweet Tangaere Stanley Waqa

Backs	Buckman Chase Dagg Eaton Elkington-MacDonald Emerson Fruean Horrell Lowe Marshall Ropiha Ruru Tongia West Wilson

Coach	Philpott

Highlanders – 2015 Super Rugby champions

Forwards	Ainley Christie Coltman A. Dixon E. Dixon Edmonds Evans Fia Franklin Geldenhuys Hames Hardie Hemopo Hohneck Latta Lentjes Lienert-Brown Manu Pryor Reddish Tala'apitaga Wheeler

Backs	Baker Banks Buckman Eade Emery Naholo Osborne Parker Renata Renton A. Smith B. Smith Sopoaga Tanaka Tongia Treeby

Coach	Jamie Joseph

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