Young Tonumaipea

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Young Tonumaipea
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Tonumaipea playing for the Storm-Sharks mixed team in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Yee-Huang Tonumaipea[1]
Born (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992 (age 31)
Apia, Samoa
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014– Melbourne Storm 26 7 0 0 28
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Samoa 1 0 0 0 0
As of 25 April 2016
Source: [2]

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 at 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.[3] Tonumaipea attended Roxburgh College and then joined the Melbourne Storm. Tonumaipea played for the Storm's NYC team in 2011 and 2012.[4] 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.[5]

Playing career

2014

In February 2014, Tonumaipea was included in the Storms' inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad.[6] 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.[7] In Round 3 against the Newcastle Knights, Tonumaipea scored his first NRL career try in the Storm's 28-20 win at AAMI Park.[8] In Round 6 in a thrilling match against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Tonumaipea scored a try after the siren to win to the game for the Storm 28-24 after overcoming a 24-10 deficit in the 2nd half at AAMI Park.[9] 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.[10] On 28 May 2014, Tonumaipea re-signed with the Storm for a further 2 years, keeping him at the club till the end of the 2016 season.[11] Tonumaipea finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 14 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Storm in the 2014 NRL season.

2015

On 23 January 2015, Tonumaipea was named in the Storm's 2015 Auckland Nines squad.[12]

References

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