Tommy Talau
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| Born | 30 April 2000 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Five-eighth, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 16 August 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tommy Talau is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth and centre for the Wests Tigers in the NRL.
Background
Tommy was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is the son of former New Zealand and Samoan international, Willie Talau.
Tommy played his junior rugby league for the Moorebank Rams. He attended Westfields Sports High School and joined the junior ranks of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. In 2018 he captained the Bulldogs' Under-18 team in the grand final of the S. G. Ball Cup. In the same year he was selected in the Australian Schoolboys rugby league team.[2] At the end of the 2018 season he moved from the Bulldogs to the Wests Tigers, signing a development contract.[3]
Career
Talau made his first-grade debut starting at centre in round 22 of the 2019 NRL season for the Wests Tigers in their 32-12 loss against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval. [4] He became the first player born in the 2000s to play for the Tigers.[5][6]
In round 7 of the 2020 NRL season, Talau scored two tries as the Wests Tigers defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 34-6 at Bankwest Stadium.[7]
Talau played 12 games and scored 8 tries for Wests Tigers in the 2020 NRL season as the club missed out on the finals by finishing 11th.[8]
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Encarnacion, Matt (15 August 2019). "Tommy Talau son of former Bulldog Willie to debut for Wests Tigers". Wide World of Sports (Nine). Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ Jackson, Andrew (30 July 2019). "Talau poised to follow in famous father's footsteps". New South Wales Rugby League. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Round 22 NRL team lists". NRL.com. 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Tommy Talau son of former Bulldog Willie to debut for Wests Tigers". WWOS.
- ^ "Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire refuses to give up on one last hurrah for Robbie Farah". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Talau brings wow factor". www.nrl.com.
- ^ "Wests Tigers doomed to another finals miss in 2021, Peter Sterling predicts". wwos.nine.com.au.