Tesi Niu

Fanitesi Niu (born 11 August 2001) is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback or centre for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.

Tesi Niu
Personal information
Full nameFanitesi Niu
Born11 August 2001 (2001-08-11) (age 20)[1]
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020– Brisbane Broncos 27 9 0 0 36
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Tonga 9s 3 1 0 0 4
2019 Tonga 1 0 0 0 0
As of 15 April 2022
Source: [2]

Background

Niu was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was educated at Marsden State High School and played his junior rugby league for the Forest Lake Magpies.[3] He is the first cousin of David Fifita.

Niu also represented the 2018 Australian Schoolboys.

Playing career

2019

Niu represented Tonga in 2019 Great Britain Lions tour making his international debut. He then played for Tonga 9s in the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.[4]

2020

On 4 June 2020, he made his NRL debut for the Brisbane Broncos, coming off the interchange bench in a record 59-0 home defeat against the Sydney Roosters.

On 27 June 2020, he made his starting debut at fullback against the Gold Coast Titans.

He made a total of six appearances for Brisbane in the 2020 NRL season after suffering a season-ending wrist injury in round 10, as the club finished last on the table and claimed its first-ever wooden spoon.[5]

2021

In round 16 of the 2021 NRL season, Niu scored two tries in a 26-18 victory over Cronulla-Sutherland.[6]

References


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