Keaon Koloamatangi

Keaon Koloamatangi (born 23 May 1998) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row and prop for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. And is of Tongan descent.

Keaon Koloamatangi
Personal information
Born (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight106 kg (16 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020– South Sydney 45 7 0 0 28
As of 29 April 2022
Source: [1]

Early life

Koloamatangi grew up in Burwood, New South Wales idolising Sonny Bill Williams and Willie Mason but has been a South Sydney junior since he was a kid thanks to his dad Izzy. Keaon was a Mascot Jets junior & once said "Dad wanted me to play for Mascot because they always won! Instead of putting me in the Canterbury comp he wanted me in the Souths comp because he knew a lot of people, a lot of great players came from there."[2] Keaon attended Ashfield Boys High School, he was an outstanding junior sportsman representing the school in a wide variety of sports and still holds several school swimming records. He is also of Tongan descent.

Playing career

2020

Koloamatangi made first grade debut in round 4 of the 2020 NRL season for South Sydney (first grade player number 1157)[3] against the Melbourne Storm.[4]

He made a total of 14 appearances in his first season as the club reached another preliminary final but were defeated by Penrith at ANZ Stadium.[5]

2021

In round 10 of the 2021 NRL season, Koloamatangi scored his first NRL try in South's 32-22 victory over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Suncorp Stadium.[6]

Midway through the season, Koloamatangi was selected as 20th man in the NSW Blues squad for the first game of the 2021 State of Origin series.[7]

He played a total of 23 games for South Sydney in the 2021 NRL season including the club's 2021 NRL Grand Final defeat against Penrith.[8]

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "NRL 2020: South Sydney Rabbitohs, Kaeon Koloamatangi, park footy player delivers SBW fan to Souths - Rabbitohs". 4 June 2020.
  3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Keaon Koloamatangi gives Rabbitohs Radio a shoutout. YouTube.
  4. "Round 4 NRL team lists". NRL.com. 2 June 2020.
  5. "Penrith Panthers beat South Sydney Rabbitohs 20-16 to set up NRL grand final against Melbourne Storm". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 October 2020.
  6. "Sharks v Rabbitohs".
  7. "Souths young gun gets surprise NSW call-up".
  8. "One of finest NRL grand finals of all time provides cure to difficult season". www.theguardian.com. 3 October 2021.
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