Young Tonumaipea

Young Tonumaipea
Tonumaipea on the sidelines of a game in 2016.
Personal information
Full name Yee-Huang Tonumaipea[1][2]
Born (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992
Apia, Samoa
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014– Melbourne Storm 30 7 0 0 28
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Samoa 1 0 0 0 0
As of 17 July 2016
Source: [3]

Young Tonumaipea (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 on the 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 Melbourne Rugby League.[4] Tonumaipea attended Roxburgh College and then joined the Melbourne Storm.

Playing career

Tonumaipea playing for the Storm-Sharks mixed team in 2013.

Tonumaipea played for the Storm's S. G. Ball Cup team in 2009 and their NYC team in 2011 and 2012.[2][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]

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 match against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Tonumaipea scored a try after the full-time siren to win to the game for the Storm 28-24 after they had been behind 24-10 in the second half.[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 until 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.

2015

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

References

  1. ↑ "THE JOY OF SIX: 2015 NRL Nines –". Stevemascord.com. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  2. 1 2 http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=338292
  3. ↑ "Young Tonumaipea - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  4. ↑ "Local Young Gun to Stay with Storm". Melbourne Storm. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Young Tonumaipea player results, scores, news and statistics". 29 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Michael Carayannis. "Cronulla Sharks overpower Windsor Wolves to claim NSW Cup title". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  7. ↑ "Squads For Auckland Nines". Rugby League Week. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  8. ↑ "Storm Edge Out Sea Eagles by Narrowest of Margins". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  9. ↑ "Storm Too Strong for Gutsy Knights". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  10. ↑ "Storm Beat Dragons in Thriller". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  11. ↑ "Gutsy Samoa Secures Place in Four Nations Tournament". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  12. ↑ "No CookiesHerald Sun". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  13. ↑ "STORM UNVEIL 2015 NINES SQUAD". Rugby League Week. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
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