Esikeli Tonga
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Full name | Esikeli Tonga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia | 5 February 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Wing, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 26 July 2011 Source: RLP |
Esikeli Tonga (born 5 February 1988 in Dubbo, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last previously played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. A Tongan international representative three-quarter or second-rower, he is the younger brother of Parramatta Eels centre Willie Tonga.[1]
In 2005 Tonga graduated from Marsden State High School in Logan City.[2]
In August 2008, Esi Tonga was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[3] and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man Tonga squad.[4]
He is of both Australian Aboriginal and Tongan descent.
References
- ↑ Turgeon, Luke (31 May 2008). "Young Titan Tonga set to make debut". GoldCoast.com.au. News Limited. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
- ↑ Marshall, Matt (23 April 2009). "School days to class acts". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited.
- ↑ "Tug-of-war over Mason". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ↑ "Anderson ruled out of World Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
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