Esikeli Tonga
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| Full name | Esikeli Tonga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1988 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Wing, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 26 July 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esikeli Tonga (born 5 February 1988) is a former Tongan international rugby league footballer who last previously played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. A Tongan international representative three-quarter or second-rower, he is the younger brother of Parramatta Eels centre Willie Tonga.[2]
Background
Tonga was born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia.
In 2005 Tonga graduated from Marsden State High School in Logan City.[3]
Playing career
In August 2008, Esi Tonga was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[4] and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man Tonga squad.[5]
He is of both Australian Aboriginal and Tongan descent.
References
- ^ RLP
- ^ Turgeon, Luke (31 May 2008). "Young Titan Tonga set to make debut". GoldCoast.com.au. News Limited. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
- ^ Marshall, Matt (23 April 2009). "School days to class acts". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited.
- ^ "Tug-of-war over Mason". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ "Anderson ruled out of World Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
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- Australian rugby league players
- Indigenous Australian rugby league players
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- Parramatta Eels players
- Gold Coast Titans players
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- Living people
- Rugby league players from Queensland