Renouf Atoni
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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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As of 19 September 2021 Source: [1] |
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.
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 September 23 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.
External links[]
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- New Zealand people of Tokelauan descent
- New Zealand rugby league players
- Rugby league players from Porirua
- Rugby league props