Fetuli Talanoa

Fetuli Talanoa
Personal information
Born (1987-11-23) 23 November 1987
Auckland, New Zealand
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight 99 kg (15 st 8 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre, Fullback

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006–13 South Sydney 95 40 0 0 160
2014– Hull F.C. 128 59 0 0 236
Total 223 99 0 0 396
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008 Tonga 3 1 0 0 4
As of 7 October 2018
Source: [2][3]

Fetuli Talanoa (born 23 November 1987) is a Tongan international rugby league footballer who plays for Hull F.C. in the European Super League. His position of choice is either Wing, Centre or Fullback.

Background

Talanoa was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Tongan Ancestry.

Playing career

Talanoa began his playing career for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in The NRL and also played for Souths feeder side The North Sydney Bears in The NSW Cup. With Norths, Talanoa play 38 games and scored 14 tries.[4]

In 2014, Talanoa signed for Super League club Hull. In 2016, he would play in Hull's 12-10 win over Warrington Wolves in the 2016 Challenge Cup final. This was the first time that Hull had won the cup at Wembley Stadium after 8 previous attempts. In 2017, Hull won the Challenge Cup again with Talanoa scoring a try in the 18-14 win over Wigan Warriors.

International

Fetuli Talanoa playing for Tonga

Fetuli has appeared on several occasions for the Tonga national rugby league team with his first international appearances coming during the 2006 Federation Shield competition.

In August 2008, Talanoa was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[5] and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man Tonga squad.[6]

He was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[7]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Hull 1st Team Fetuli Talanoa". Hull FC. Hull FC. 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ↑ loverugbyleague
  3. ↑ Rugby League Project
  4. ↑ http://www.ssralmanac.com/mobile/pastplayers_bears.htm
  5. ↑ "Tug-of-war over Mason". Sky Sports. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  6. ↑ "Samoa, Tonga and Fiji name squads". BBC. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  7. ↑ "Kiwis select Sonny Bill". Sky Sports. 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
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