Sio Siua Taukeiaho

Sio Siua Taukeiaho (born 3 January 1992) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop, lock and second-row forward for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL. He has played for Tonga and New Zealand at international level.

Sio Siua Taukeiaho
Personal information
Born (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992
Auckland, New Zealand
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 New Zealand Warriors 1 0 0 0 0
2015– Sydney Roosters 129 11 41 0 126
Total 130 11 41 0 126
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015– Tonga 9 1 23 0 50
2015 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
As of 7 October 2019
Source: [1]

He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League.

Background

Taukeiaho was born in Auckland, New Zealand.

Playing career

Taukeiaho is of Tongan descent and played for the Otara Scorpions in 2010 before being signed by the New Zealand Warriors.[2] He played in the 2011 Toyota Cup winning Junior Warriors and was named in the Junior Kiwis that year.

He made his first grade debut in round 26 against the St. George Illawarra Dragons on 7 September 2013.

At the end of the 2013 season he requested, and was granted, his release from the Warriors.[3] Taukeiaho would then tweet on the 27 September 2013 that he signed with the Roosters for two years.[4] Taukeiaho came into the 2015 NRL season as the Roosters' replacement for the departed Sonny Bill Williams. Taukeiaho was a surprise inclusion on the interchange to start the 2015 season, his great early form cemented his spot as he went on to play every game of the season, scoring 2 tries.[5]

Taukeiaho played for Tonga against Papua New Guinea in an end of year test match in the PNG while on 2 May 2015 in the Gold Coast, he played for Tonga in their Polynesian Cup clash with Pacific rivals Samoa.

On 30 September 2018, Taukeiaho played in Eastern Suburbs 21–6 victory over Melbourne in the 2018 NRL grand final.[6] Taukeiaho made a total of 20 appearances for the Sydney Roosters in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished second on the table and qualified for the finals. Taukeiaho played from the bench in the 2019 NRL Grand Final as the Sydney Roosters won their second consecutive premiership defeating Canberra 14–8 at ANZ Stadium.[7][8]

On 2 November 2019, Taukeiaho captained Tonga against Australia as they went on to win 16–12, causing one of the biggest upsets in international rugby league history.[9]

References
  1. Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (25 October 2015). "Siosiua Taukeiaho". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  3. "Taukeiaho granted early release". Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  4. Taukeiaho, Sio Siua. "SIO SIUA TAUKEIAHO MOVES TO THE ROOSTERS". Twitter. Sio Siua Taukeiaho. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  5. Mark Ashton (31 August 2015). "Young Kiwi attacks Warriors". Sportal. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/30/roosters-run-riot-to-deny-nrl-grand-final-repeat-for-the-storm
  7. "NRL grand final player ratings: Roosters and Raiders hits and misses". SMH.
  8. "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC.
  9. https://www.nrl.com/draw/internationals/2019/round-3/tonga-v-australia/
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