Young Tonumaipea
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| Tonumaipea playing for the Storm-Sharks mixed team in 2013. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Yee-Huang Tonumaipea[1] | |||||
| Born | 6 September 1992 Apia, Samoa | |||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | 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 |
| As of 1 November 2015 | ||||||
| Source: [2] | ||||||
Yee-Huang "Young" Tonumaipea[1] (born 6 September 1992) is a Samoan professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. A Samoan national representative, he plays at wing.
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.[3] Tonumaipea attended Roxburgh College and then joined the Melbourne Storm. Tonumaipea played for the Storm's NYC team in 2011 and 2012.[4] 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.[5]
Playing career
2014
In February 2014, Tonumaipea was included in the Storms' inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad.[6] 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.[7] In Round 3 against the Newcastle Knights, Tonumaipea scored his first NRL career try in the Storm's 28-20 win at AAMI Park.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]
References
- 1 2 "THE JOY OF SIX: 2015 NRL Nines –". Stevemascord.com. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ "Young Tonumaipea - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ "Local Young Gun to Stay with Storm". Melbourne Storm. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑
- ↑ Michael Carayannis. "Cronulla Sharks overpower Windsor Wolves to claim NSW Cup title". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ "Squads For Auckland Nines". Rugby League Week. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ "Storm Edge Out Sea Eagles by Narrowest of Margins". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ "Storm Too Strong for Gutsy Knights". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ "Storm Beat Dragons in Thriller". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ "Gutsy Samoa Secures Place in Four Nations Tournament". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ "No CookiesHerald Sun". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ "STORM UNVEIL 2015 NINES SQUAD". Rugby League Week. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2015-11-01.