Esikeli Tonga

Esi Tonga

Personal information
Full name	Esikeli Tonga
Born	5 February 1988 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	94 kilograms (14 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre, Wing, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008–2011	Gold Coast Titans	36	10	0	0	40
2012	Parramatta Eels	3	0	0	0	0
2013–	Manly-Warringah	1	0	0	0	0
	Total	40	10	0	0	40
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008	Tonga	2	1	0	0	4
As of 26 July 2011
Source: RLP

Esikeli Tonga (born 5 February 1988 in Dubbo, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last previously played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. A Tongan international representative three-quarter or second-rower, he is the younger brother of Parramatta Eels centre Willie Tonga.^[1]

In 2005 Tonga graduated from Marsden State High School in Logan City.^[2]

In August 2008, Esi Tonga was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,^[3] and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man Tonga squad.^[4]

He is of both Australian Aboriginal and Tongan descent.

References

1. Turgeon, Luke (31 May 2008). "Young Titan Tonga set to make debut". GoldCoast.com.au (News Limited). Retrieved 5 June 2008.
2. Marshall, Matt (23 April 2009). "School days to class acts". The Daily Telegraph (News Limited).
3. "Tug-of-war over Mason". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 5 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
4. "Anderson ruled out of World Cup". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

External links

• Gold Coast Titans profile