Sitili Tupouniua

Sitili Tupouniua (born 30 May 1997) is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.

Sitili Tupouniua
Personal information
Born (1997-05-30) 30 May 1997
Auckland, New Zealand
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018– Sydney Roosters 69 22 0 0 88
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Tonga 2 0 0 0 0
As of 30 April 2022
Source: [1]

Background

Tupouniua was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and is of Tongan descent.

Tupouniua played his junior rugby league for the Marist Saints. He played in the Sydney Roosters’ Holden Cup side from 2016-2017. Tupouniua playing from the bench in the Sydney Roosters’ 2016 Holden Cup premiership winning team.

Playing career

2018

Tupouniua made his first grade debut for the Sydney Roosters in round 16 of the 2018 NRL season against the Melbourne Storm at Adelaide Oval.[2]

2019

Tupouniua scored his first try in the top grade against Canterbury-Bankstown in round 14 of the 2019 NRL season at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[3]

Tupouniua featured for North Sydney, the Sydney Roosters feeder club in the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW finals series. Tupouniua scored 2 tries in North Sydney's elimination final defeat by Newtown at Leichhardt Oval.[4]

2020

Tupouniua scored his first try of the 2020 NRL season in round 9 as the Sydney Roosters defeated North Queensland 42–16 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium.[5]

In round 16 of the 2020 NRL season, he scored two tries for the Roosters in a 58–12 victory over Brisbane at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[6]

He made a total of 20 appearances in the 2020 NRL season as the Sydney Roosters reached the finals but were eliminated by Canberra ending their quest for a third straight premiership.[7]

In December 2020, he signed a contract extension keeping him with the Sydney Roosters until the end of the 2024 season.

2021

In round 10 of the 2021 NRL season, he was sent to the sin bin for an illegal high tackle during the club's 30-16 victory over North Queensland.[8]

In round 12 of the 2021 NRL season, he scored two tries in a 44-16 victory over Canberra.[9]

In round 19, he scored two tries during the club's victory over Newcastle.[10]

In round 24, he was sent to the sin bin during the club's 54-12 loss against arch-rivals South Sydney.[11] He played a total of 24 games for the Sydney Roosters in the 2021 NRL season including the club's two finals matches. The Sydney Roosters would be eliminated from the second week of the finals losing to Manly 42-6.[12][13]

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Roosters vs Storm". NRL. 29 June 2018.
  3. "Mitchell's double not enough to escape blues axe". Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. "Canterbury Cup NSW Finals Week Two - reports, highlights, news". NSWRL.
  5. "Ikuvalu scores five as roosters rout north queensland". www.nrl.com.
  6. "'Just not up to NRL standard': Roosters put 58 points on 'embarrassing' Broncos". wwos.nine.com.au.
  7. "'More than a team': Ricky's resilient Raiders keep the dream alive". www.nrl.com.
  8. "Sydney Roosters beat Nth Queensland 30-16, South Sydney defeat Cronulla 32-22 and Canberra beats the Bulldogs 20-18". www.abc.net.au.
  9. "Penrith Panthers cruise past last-placed Bulldogs as Roosters and Rabbitohs also win big in NRL". www.abc.net.au.
  10. "Melbourne Storm beat North Queensland Cowboys 20-16, Sydney Roosters down Newcastle Knights 28-8". www.abc.net.au.
  11. "'Might decimate both teams': Latrell faces big ban for 'enormous' high shot on Manu". www.foxsports.com.au.
  12. "'They don't rate us': How injury toll eased pressure for revitalised Roosters". www.nrl.com. 16 September 2021.
  13. "Manly Sea Eagles hammer Sydney Roosters 42-6 to advance to NRL preliminary finals". ABC News. 17 September 2021.
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