John Folau
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| Folau playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2014. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sione Folau[1] | |||||
| Born | 23 September 1994 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Centre, Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2015– | Parramatta Eels | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2014 | Tonga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 31 July 2016 | ||||||
| Source: [2] | ||||||
John Folau (born 23 September 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays centre and wing.
Background
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Folau is of Tongan descent and played his junior football for the Goodna Eagles,[3] Souths Acacia Ridge[4] and Minto Cobras, before being signed by the Parramatta Eels. Folau attended Marsden State High School and Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown, where he represented the New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges rugby league team.[5]
Folau is the younger brother of former Melbourne Storm and Brisbane Broncos player, and current NSW Waratahs and Wallabies player Israel Folau.[6]
Playing career
Early career
From 2012 to 2014, Folau played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team.[7][8] In April 2013, he was 18th man for the Queensland Under-20s team.[9] In May 2014, he played for the Queensland Under-20s team.[10]
2014
In October 2014, Folau played for Tonga against Papua New Guinea.[1]
2015
In 2015, Folau moved on to the Eels' New South Wales Cup team, Wentworthville Magpies.[11] In Round 3 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Eels against the New Zealand Warriors.[12] On 4 April 2015, he re-signed with the Eels on a 2-year contract.[13] In May 2015, Folau was named 18th man for Tonga against Samoa in the 2015 Polynesian Cup.[14]
References
- 1 2 "PNG & TONGA SQUADS NAMED FOR TEST MATCH". Rugby League Week.
- ↑ "John Folau - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1994-09-23. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ↑ "Eagles grounded by Folau move | Ipswich Queensland Times". Qt.com.au. 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ↑ "NRL Player Profile". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ↑ "John Folau - Eels". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ↑ Garry, Chris (4 May 2014). "'Mini Izzy' John Folau is ready to carve his own path, outside brother Israel's". couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ↑ "John Folau". NYC DATABASE.
- ↑ "supercoach banner Parramatta Eels young gun John Folau set to make his mark in Holden Cup grand final". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ↑ "Under 20's Origin squads named". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ "Queensland name Under-20s Origin team". NRL.com. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ "TEAM LIST: Wentworthville Magpies Round 2 - Eels". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ↑ "Late Mail: NRL Round Three - Eels". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ↑ "Eels Re-Signing News - Eels". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ "Tonga Named To Face Samoa In Pacific Test". Rugbyleagueweek.com.au. 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2015-05-03.