Tony Satini
 Satini playing for the Sea Eagles in 2015. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Wellentony Taufa Satini[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1993 Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [2] As of 4 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Satini (born 29 August 1993) is a Tongan international rugby league footballer who plays for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the Intrust Super Premiership. He plays at centre. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.
Background
Satini was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Tongan descent.
He played junior rugby union for the Blacktown Scorpions and junior rugby league for the Glenmore Park Brumbies. He was then signed by the Penrith Panthers.
Playing career
Early career
From 2011 to 2013, Satini played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team,[3][4] captaining the side in 2013.[5][6] In October 2013, he signed a contract with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2014.[7]
2014
In Round 3 of the 2014 NRL season, Satini made his NRL debut for the Sea Eagles against the Parramatta Eels.[8][9] On 19 October, he played for Tonga against Papua New Guinea.[10]
2015
In August, Satini re-signed with the Sea Eagles on a 1-year contract until the end of 2016.[11]
2016
After failing to make a first-grade appearance in the 2015 and 2016 seasons, Satini was released at the end of the year.[12] Late in the year, he rejoined his old club Penrith for the 2017 season.[13]
2017
Satini scored a try in Penrith's 20-12 victory over Wyong in The 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW grand final [14]. The following week Satini scored four tries for Penrith in their 42-18 win over The PNG Hunters in The 2017 NRL State Championship final [15].
2018
In 2018, Satini was selected to play for the NSW residents against the QLD residents side.[16]
References
- ^ "NRL Results and Fixtures - 7Sport". Nz.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Wellentony Tafua Satini - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 29 August 1993. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "S". Nyc Database. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140323075600/http://rleague.com/players/Wellentony-Tafua-Satini_3356/Stats/. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "the-lurker---nrl-rumour-file---wednesday". Sportal.com.au. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "2013 Holden Cup U20's Round 1 - The Front Row Forum :: Rugby League". Forums.leagueunlimited.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Unwanted Eel Cheyse Blair gets new start with Sea Eagles". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "NRL 2014 - Round 3". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ NRL. "LATE MAIL: Satini to make debut". Sea Eagles. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ NRL Ladder (16 October 2014). "Png & Tonga Squads Named For Test Match". Rugby League Week. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ SeaEagles.com.au (18 August 2015). "Manly make Wright move with Tom". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ NRL Digital Media. "List of departing players". Sea Eagles. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ NRL Digital Media. "Tony Satini - Panthers". Penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2017/09/24/report_intrust_super.html
- ^ http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-match-report/nrl-grand-final-2017-penrith-panthers-far-too-strong-for-png-hunters-in-state-championship-20171001-gys7zm.html
- ^ https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2018/06/24/final-team--intrust-super-nsw-residents/