Sione Tovo
Sione Na'a Pangai Tovo (born 19 July 1988) is a former Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Mascot Juniors RLFC in the A Grade South Sydney Juniors Rugby League . He previously played for the Thirlmere Roosters in the Grade 6 competition, Auburn Warriors in the Bundaberg Red Cup and the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.
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| Full name | Sione Na'a Pangai Tovo[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 July 1988 Mascot, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Born in Mascot, New South Wales, Tovo played his junior football for the Mascot Jets before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He played for the Rabbitohs' Harold Matthews Cup, S. G. Ball Cup and Jersey Flegg Cup teams before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.[3]
Tovo played for the Knights' NYC team in 2008 and 2009[4] before moving on to the Knights' NSW Cup reserve-grade team in 2010.
In Round 23 of the 2009 NRL season, Tovo made his NRL for the Knights against the Melbourne Storm.
At the end of the 2010 NRL season, Tovo was released by the Knights.
In 2011, Tovo joined the Wests Tigers NSW Cup team, the Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers.
In 2012, Tovo joined the Auburn Warriors in the Bundaberg Red Cup.
In 2018, Tovo returned to Mascot Juniors RLFC where he currently plays.
Representative career
In 2009, Tovo was named in the Tongan squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup, In 2017 he represented Niue vs Lebanon.[5]
References
- http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/joueur_16512.html
- Rugby League Project
- http://knightsrealm.graphicdesignplus.com/Player-Profile/NRL/PlayerProfile34.html
- Sione Tovo at rleague.com Archived 13 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- "Lebanon 32 Niue 16 Match Report". RLEF. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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