Sitili Tupouniua

Sitili Tupouniua (born 30 May 1997) is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.

Sitili Tupouniua
Personal information
Born (1997-05-30) 30 May 1997
Auckland, New Zealand
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018– Sydney Roosters 37 6 0 0 24
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Tonga 2 0 0 0 0
As of 9 September 2019
Source: [1]

Background

Tupouniua was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and is of Tongan descent.

Tupouniua played his junior rugby league for the Marist Saints.

Career

Tupouniua made his first grade debut for the Sydney Roosters in round 16 of the 2018 NRL season against the Melbourne Storm at Adelaide Oval.[2]

Tupouniua scored his first try in the top grade against Canterbury-Bankstown in round 14 of the 2019 NRL season at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[3]

Tupouniua featured for North Sydney, the Sydney Roosters feeder club in the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW finals series. Tupouniua scored 2 tries in North Sydney's elimination final defeat by Newtown at Leichhardt Oval.[4]

Tupouniua scored his first try of the 2020 NRL season in round 9 as the Sydney Roosters defeated North Queensland 42–16 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium.[5]

In round 16 of the 2020 NRL season, he scored two tries for the Roosters in a 58–12 victory over Brisbane at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[6]

He made a total of 20 appearances in the 2020 NRL season as the Sydney Roosters reached the finals but were eliminated by Canberra ending their quest for a third straight premiership.[7] In December of 2020 Tupouniua signed a contract extension keeping him with the Sydney Roosters until the end of the 2024 season.

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Roosters vs Storm". NRL. 29 June 2018.
  3. "Mitchell's double not enough to escape blues axe". Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. "Canterbury Cup NSW Finals Week Two - reports, highlights, news". NSWRL.
  5. "Ikuvalu scores five as roosters rout north queensland". www.nrl.com.
  6. "'Just not up to NRL standard': Roosters put 58 points on 'embarrassing' Broncos". wwos.nine.com.au.
  7. "'More than a team': Ricky's resilient Raiders keep the dream alive". www.nrl.com.
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