Murdoch-Masila signed from 2021
Richard Becht & Photosport.nz
Mon 9 Mar 2020, 07:59 AM
The Vodafone Warriors have beaten rival clubs to snare powerhouse Tonga international Ben Murdoch-Masila on a three-year contract from the 2021 NRL season.
The 29-year-old Aucklander will return home from...
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Murdoch-Masila played junior football with Otahuhu. He undertook a scholarship with Wests Tigers at Keebra Park High School and was a member of the team that won the 2009 Arrive Alive Cup. Murdoch-Masila weighed 150 kg when he arrived at Keebra Park, dropping 40 kg before he joined the Wests...
Fonua-Blake locked in for three years
Richard Becht & Photosport.nz
Tue 22 Sep 2020, 01:22 PM
Powerhouse Mate Ma’a Tonga and Manly front rower Addin Fonua-Blake has today been confirmed as the Vodafone Warriors’ fifth major signing for their 2021 NRL campaign after being secured on a...
Fonua-Blake was born in Meadowbank, New South Wales, Australia (6 November 1995). He is of New Zealand and Tongan descent. He has played for both Tonga and New Zealand at international level.
He played his junior rugby league for the Mascot Jets, before being signed by the South Sydney...
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Aaron Bower
Mon 4 Mar 2019 14.39 GMTLast modified on Mon 4 Mar 2019 18.17 GMT
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League: Jason Taumalolo confirms international allegiance remains with Tonga
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Jason Taumalolo has committed his international playing future to Tonga. Photo / Getty Images
Jason Taumalolo will not be playing for the Kiwis again any time soon.
The 25-year-old forward has...
Likiliki played for the Marist Saints and Auckland Lions before being signed by the Warriors.
From 2008 to 2010, Likiliki played for the New Zealand Warriors' NYC team, scoring 29 tries in 50 games.
In Round 23 of the 2009 NRL season Likiliki made his NRL debut for the Warriors against the...
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Ta'ai was educated at Tonga College and originally played rugby union.
When he moved to Auckland, New Zealand, Ta'ai played for the University club and made the Auckland Rugby Union second XV.
The following year, at the suggestion of a friend, he switched codes and joined the Mt Albert Rugby...
Epalahame Lauaki was signed from the Glenora Bears and made his professional and Warriors debut in 2004. During his Warriors career he was used mainly as an interchange player, starting only ten games in sixty nine appearances. A player who was noted for his often brutal tackles he would become...
Spotted by the Warriors while playing Bartercard Cup for the Brothers team in 2003. He would make his debut that year in Round 13. After 3 seasons of sporadic appearances for the Warriors he would head to Cronulla in 2006 where he would be convicted of assaulting a female and sentenced to 8...
A Junior Kiwi, Villasanti was included in the wider Tonga squad for the 2000 World Cup but did not play in the tournament. Canberra junior found form as an interchange forward with the Warriors after two moderate seasons with the Tigers. Villasanti was used from the interchange bench in the...
Liava'a is one of a handful of players to have played in two World Cups, representing Tonga in 1995 and 2000. At the 1995 World Cup he was twenty four and playing for the Litchfield Bears when picked by coach Mike McClennan.
After his exposure in England at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup...
Frank Watene was part of the Warriors development system for 4 years before his debut. He would play his one and only match for the Warriors on the last round of the 1998 season and be released by the club that year.
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1999–2001 Wakefield Wildcats
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Auckland backrower represented Tonga in 1995’s World Cup competition before being graded with the Warriors.
Guttenbeil was chased by several professional clubs after an Auckland Development Tour of Australia in 1993 and ended up moving to Sydney at the age of 17 to sign for the Manly-Warringah...
Duane Mann, part of the famous Mann league family, started as a Glenora Bear junior. Was selected for the very first Mate Ma'a Tonga International team in 1986. Moved to England to play for the Warrington Wolves in 1989 before being signed by the Auckland Warriors. Returned home and played for...
After impressing as a junior with the Manurewa Marlins, Havili came through the Vodafone Warriors’ development system to make his NYC debut in 2011. He displayed moments of brilliance throughout his rookie year in the hooker position, scoring nine tries as he appeared in each of the Vodafone...
Educated at Edgewater College, the highly promising back rower made his NYC debut as an 18-year-old in 2012 and went on to make six appearances. He made rapid progress the following year, establishing himself as a wide-running second rower.
Faitala-Mariner strung together three exceptional...
Sam Lousi was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is the younger brother of Sione Lousi who plays international rugby league for Tonga.
A Bay Roskill Vikings and Richmond Rovers junior, Lousi was educated at St Paul's College in Auckland. He played for the New Zealand Warriors Toyota Cup squad...
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