Pat Politoni

Pat Politoni
Personal information
Full name Patrick Politoni
Born (1991-03-17) 17 March 1991
Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position Hooker

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012 Wests Tigers 1 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Cronulla-Sutherland 11 1 0 0 4
2017 Gold Coast Titans 4 2 0 0 8
Total 16 3 0 0 12
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–15 Tonga 4 0 0 0 0
As of 17 October 2015
Source: [1]

Patrick Politoni (born 17 March 1991) is a Tongan international rugby league footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. He plays as a hooker. He previously played for the Wests Tigers and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

Background

He was born in Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia. Politoni is of Tongan descent.

Playing career

He played his junior football for the Leichhardt Juniors, before being signed by the Wests Tigers. He played for the Tigers' Toyota Cup team from 2009 to 2011, playing over 30 games[2] before moving on to the Tigers' NSW Cup reserve-grade side in 2012.

In Round 11 of the 2012 NRL season, Politoni made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the New Zealand Warriors.[3]

Politoni is considered to be a similar player in style to Wests Tigers first choice hooker Robbie Farah. "I always make sure I watch game highlights of Robbie Farah to see what he does."[4]

Making just one appearance in first grade for 2012, Politoni finished the season playing for feeder team Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers in the NSW Cup grand final.[5]

In 2013, Politoni joined the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, however he did not commence the season in the first-grade training squad,[6] and made no appearances in first-grade. On April 20, he played for Tonga in their Pacific Rugby League International clash with fierce Pacific rivals Samoa. Later in the year, Politoni played for Tonga in their 2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign. He made just one appearance, and that was against Pacific rivals the Cook Islands in their inter-group match, which Tonga won by a narrow six-point margin.

In Round 17 of the 2014 NRL season, Politoni made his debut for Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks against the Sydney Roosters.[7]

On 2 May 2015, Politoni played for Tonga in their Polynesian Cup clash with Pacific rivals Samoa. In October that year, Politoni played for Tonga in their Asia-Pacific Qualifier match against the Cook Islands for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Brad Walter (20 March 2012). "Rookie Politoni preparing to cover missing Tigers skipper". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  5. ↑ Wayne Cousins (30 September 2012). "Tigers go down fighting to Jets in NSW Cup Grand Final". weststigers.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "The Sharks in 2013 – The hookers". sharks.com.au. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Updated Team Lists: Round 17". NRL.com. 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
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