Joe Ofahengaue
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Ofahengaue playing for the Broncos in 2014. | ||||||
Personal information | ||||||
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Nickname | Jo[1] | |||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand |
15 September 1995 |||||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||
Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Prop | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2015– | Brisbane Broncos | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2015–16 | Tonga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As of 27 May 2016 | ||||||
Source: [2] |
Joe Ofahengaue (born 15 September 1995) is a New Zealand-born Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop.
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Background
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Ofahengaue is of Tongan descent[3] and moved to Australia at a young age. He attended St Peter Claver College alongside fellow NRL players Tautau Moga and Anthony Milford[4] and played his junior rugby league for the Ipswich Brothers, before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.
Ofahengaue is the nephew of former Australian Wallabies rugby union player Viliami Ofahengaue.[5]
Playing career
Early career
From 2013 to 2015, Ofahengaue played for the Brisbane Broncos' NYC team.[6][7][8] On 3 May 2014, he played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team.[9] On 18 October 2014, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis.[10]
2015
In Round 2 of the 2015 NRL season, Ofahengaue made his NRL debut for the Broncos against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[11] On 2 May, he again played for the Junior Kangaroos against Junior Kiwis.[12] On 1 June, he re-signed with the Broncos on a 2-year contract.[13] On 14 September, he was named at prop in the 2015 NYC Team of the Year.[14] He went on to play 14 games for the Broncos during the 2015 season, including the 2015 NRL Grand Final in which they lost to the North Queensland Cowboys by 1 point.[15][16] On 17 October, he played for Tonga against the Cook Islands in their Asia-Pacific Qualifier for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[17]
2016
On 7 May, Ofahengaue played for Tonga against Samoa in the 2016 Polynesian Cup.[18]
References
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- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand people of Tongan descent
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- Brisbane Broncos players
- Junior Kangaroos players
- Ipswich Jets players
- Rugby league props
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