David Fifita

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David Fifita
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Fifita playing for the Sharks in 2013.
Personal information
Born (1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 34)
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 120 kg (18 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014– Cronulla-Sutherland 19 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–16 Tonga 3 0 0 0 0
2015 Indigenous All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 8 May 2016
Source: [1]

David Fifita (born 28 June 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop.

Background

Born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Fifita is of Indigenous Australian and Tongan descent and played his junior rugby league for St Patricks Blacktown and Doonside Roos, before being signed by the Wests Tigers.

Fifita is the twin brother of fellow Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks player Andrew Fifita.[2] He is not related to John Fifita, a former St George Dragons player.[3]

Playing career

Early career

In 2009, Fifita played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team[4] In 2010, he played for Tonga alongside his brother.[2] In 2011, he moved on to the Tigers' New South Wales Cup teams, Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers and Western Suburbs Magpies. At the end of 2012, he joined the Lézignan Sangliers in the Elite One Championship.[5]

In June 2013, after finishing his season with Lézignan, he attracted the interest of NRL clubs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Melbourne Storm.[5] He eventually signed a contract with the Sharks for the rest of the 2013 NRL season, the club where his twin brother Andrew played.[6] After playing 6 games for the Sharks in the NSW Cup, he re-signed with them for 2014.[7]

2014

In Round 2 of the 2014 NRL season, Fifita made his NRL debut for the Sharks against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[8] On 17 July 2014, he re-signed with the Sharks on a 2-year contract.[9]

2015

On 13 February 2015, Fifita played for the Indigenous All Stars against the NRL All Stars in the 2015 All Stars match.[10] In October, Fifita was selected in Tonga's 48-man train-on squad for the Asia-Pacific Qualifier for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[11] He would go on to make the final 18-man squad where he would be named the 18th man and would fill in for any late injuries, suspensions or tactical changes.[12] He would go on to play in that match, in what was only his second appearance for Tonga, after filling in for Leilani Latu.

2016

On 7 May, Fifita played for Tonga against Samoa in the 2016 Polynesian Cup.[13]

References

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