Renouf Atoni
Renouf Atoni (né To'omaga; born 25 June 1995) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL. He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
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| Full name | Renouf Atoni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Renouf To'omaga 25 June 1995 Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Atoni was born in Porirua, New Zealand. He is of Samoan (through Mother) and Tokelauan (through Father) descent.
His junior club was the Porirua Vikings.
Playing career
2018
Atoni made his NRL debut in Round 10 2018 against the Parramatta Eels.[2]
On 23 September 2018, Atoni was part of the Canterbury side which defeated Newtown 18-12 in the 2018 Intrust Super Premiership NSW grand final. The following week, To'omaga was part of the Canterbury side which defeated Queensland Cup winners Redcliffe 42-18 in the NRL State Championship final.[3][4]
2019
On 6 May 2019, Atoni was named in the Canterbury Cup NSW residents team to play against the Queensland residents side.[5]
2020
In round 2 of the 2020 NRL season, he scored his first try in the NRL as Canterbury-Bankstown were defeated by North Queensland 24-16 in front of an empty ANZ Stadium.[6]
He made a total of 16 appearances for Canterbury in the 2020 NRL season. The club finished in 15th place on the table, only avoiding the Wooden Spoon by for and against.[7]
2021
In July 2021, Atoni signed a contract to join the Sydney Roosters starting in 2022.[8]
References
- https://www.bulldogs.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/canterbury-bankstown-bulldogs/renouf-atoni/ NRL]
- "Round 10 NRL teams:Every team named". Fox Sports. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- "NRL Intrust Super Championship". www.nrl.com.
- "Bulldogs cap grand final win over Jets with on-field prop-osal". www.smh.com.au.
- "NSWRL names Canterbury Cup NSW Residents team". www.nswrl.com.au.
- "Jason Taumalolo man NQ beat Canterbury". www.espn.com.
- "Dogs confirm EIGHT-man clean-out in first glimpse of Barrett era". www.foxsports.com.au.
- "Bulldogs show Origin star the door in big clean-out; Sharks lock in winger: NRL Transfer Centre". www.foxsports.com.au.