Zane Tetevano

Zane Tetevano (born 4 November 1990) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and lock for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL. He has played for both the Cook Islands and New Zealand at international level.

Zane Tetevano
Personal information
Full nameZane Tetevano
Born (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990
Tokoroa, New Zealand
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight111 kg (17 st 7 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–14 Newcastle Knights 29 2 0 0 8
2017–19 Sydney Roosters 73 1 0 0 4
2020– Penrith Panthers 7 0 0 0 0
Total 109 3 0 0 12
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–16 Cook Islands 5 0 0 0 0
2019 New Zealand 3 0 0 0 0
As of 20 March 2020
Source: [1]

He previously played for the Newcastle Knights and Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League.

Background

Tetevano was born in Tokoroa, New Zealand, and is of Cook Islander and Maori descent.

He played his junior football for the Pacific Sharks before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.[2] In 2006, Tetevano played for the New Zealand Under 16s team.

Playing career

From 2008 to 2010, Tetevano played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team[3][4]

In 2009, Tetevano played for the Cook Islands in the 2009 Pacific Cup and again in 2010.

In 2011, Tetevano moved on to the Knights' New South Wales Cup team.

In Round 20 of the 2011 NRL season, Tetevano made his NRL debut for Newcastle against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

In August 2011, Tetevano re-signed with the Knights on a 2-year contract.[5]

On 16 October 2013, Tetevano again re-signed with the Newcastle Knights on a 2-year contract.[6]

At the end of 2013, Tetevano played for the Cook Islands in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup held in England and Wales.[7]

On 14 May 2014, Tetevano was sacked by the Newcastle Knights due to disciplinary reasons.[8]

Tetevano joined the Wyong Roos in the New South Wales Cup for the rest of 2014.

On 1 October 2014, Tetevano signed a 1-year contract with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2015.[9]

On 2 October 2014, Tetevano had his contract with Manly-Warringah terminated after he admitted in court to bashing his girlfriend on four occasions.[10][11]

In September 2016, Tetevano was named at lock in the 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of the Year.[12]

On 1 October 2016, Tetevano signed a 1-year contract with the Sydney Roosters starting in 2017.[13]

On 30 September 2018, Tetevano was part of the Sydney Roosters side which defeated Melbourne 21-6 in the 2018 NRL Grand Final.[14]

In round 25 2019, Tetevano played his 100th NRL game in the Roosters 16-10 loss to South Sydney at ANZ Stadium.[15] Tetevano made 24 appearances for the Sydney Roosters in the 2019 NRL season as the club reached the 2019 NRL Grand Final. Tetevano was initially named in the grand final team but was then replaced by Jake Friend and missed out on playing in the club's premiership victory. Following the match, Sydney Roosters head coach Trent Robinson gave Tetevano his premiership ring.[16][17][18]

On 26 November 2019, Tetevano signed a three-year contract with Penrith worth around $350,000 starting in the 2020 NRL season.[19]

Domestic violence conviction

In 2014, Tetevano pled guilty and was sentenced to at least nine months jail for bashing his then girlfriend on four separate occasions.[20] However, the jail time was overturned on appeal.[21] During the appeal Judge Roy Ellis was "impressed with his rehabilitation", and Tetevano's commitment to living "a simple life",[22] while his lawyer argued that he had "no desire to return to the toxic environment that the NRL invites".[23]

References
  1. "Zane Tetevano - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 4 November 1990. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. Kirkeby, Luke. "Tokoroa's Christmas Parade celebrates rugby league heroes". Stuff. stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Zane Tetevano at rleague.com Archived 15 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Rugby League World Cup: Cook Islands name 24-man squad". Sky Sports. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  8. NRL. "Club Statement: Zane Tetevano - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  9. NRL. "Promising trio added to Sea Eagles roster". Sea Eagles. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  10. NRL. "Statement: Zane Tetevano". Sea Eagles. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  11. Rugby League (2 December 2014). "Manly Sea Eagles tear up contract of Zane Tetevano". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  12. NSWRL.com.au (26 March 2016). "2016 Intrust Super Cup Team of the Year". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  13. Roosters.com.au. "Roosters announce signing of two players". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  14. "NRL grand final 2018: Storm vs Roosters live". NewsComAu. 30 September 2018.
  15. "Legend Steve Roach takes aim at NRL over Sam Burgess, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves charges". Fox Sports.
  16. "NRL grand final player ratings: Roosters and Raiders hits and misses". SMH.
  17. "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC.
  18. "Tetevano gifted premiership ring by Robinson but future still clouded". NRL.
  19. "Penrith Panthers sign Sydney Roosters premiership forward Zane Tetevano... and for half the price". Fox Sports.
  20. RYAN, STEPHEN (28 May 2015). "Zane Tetevano jailed for bashing former girlfriend". Newcastle Herald.
  21. DILLON, ROBERT (30 September 2019). "He could have gone to jail ... now this ex-Knight is chasing a second straight grand final win". Newcastle Herald.
  22. RIGNEY, SAM (17 August 2015). "Former Knight Zane Tetevano walks free". Newcastle Herald.
  23. "NRL: Roosters sign bad boys Zane Tetevano and Liam Knight for 2017". 30 September 2016.
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