Sio Siua Taukeiaho

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Siosiua Taukeiaho
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Personal information
Full nameSio Siua Taukeiaho
Born (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 30)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Lock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 New Zealand Warriors 1 0 0 0 0
2015– Sydney Roosters 150 11 60 0 168
Total 151 11 60 0 168
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015– Tonga 11 1 26 0 56
2015 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
As of 11 Sept 2021
Source: [1]

Sio Siua Taukeiaho (born 3 January 1992) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop, lock and second-row forward for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL. He has played for Tonga and New Zealand at international level.

He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League.

Background[]

Taukeiaho was born in Ōtara, South Auckland, New Zealand.

Playing career[]

Taukeiaho is of Tongan descent and played for the Otara Scorpions in 2010 before being signed by the New Zealand Warriors.[3] He played in the 2011 Toyota Cup winning Junior Warriors and was named in the Junior Kiwis that year.

He made his first grade debut in round 26 against the St. George Illawarra Dragons on 7 September 2013.

At the end of the 2013 season he requested, and was granted, his release from the Warriors.[4] Taukeiaho would then tweet on the 27 September 2013 that he signed with the Roosters for two years.[5] Taukeiaho came into the 2015 NRL season as the Roosters' replacement for the departed Sonny Bill Williams. Taukeiaho was a surprise inclusion on the interchange to start the 2015 season, his great early form cemented his spot as he went on to play every game of the season, scoring 2 tries.[6]

Taukeiaho played for Tonga against Papua New Guinea in an end of year test match in the PNG while on 2 May 2015 in the Gold Coast, he played for Tonga in their Polynesian Cup clash with Pacific rivals Samoa.

On 30 September 2018, Taukeiaho played in Eastern Suburbs 21–6 victory over Melbourne in the 2018 NRL grand final.[7] Taukeiaho made a total of 20 appearances for the Sydney Roosters in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished second on the table and qualified for the finals. Taukeiaho played from the bench in the 2019 NRL Grand Final as the Sydney Roosters won their second consecutive premiership defeating Canberra 14–8 at ANZ Stadium.[8][9]

On 2 November 2019, Taukeiaho captained Tonga against Australia as they went on to win 16–12, causing one of the biggest upsets in international rugby league history.[10] He played a total of 21 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.[11][12]

References[]

  1. ^ Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (25 October 2015). "Siosiua Taukeiaho". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ^ "Sio Siua Taukeiaho Making Most of NRL Shot with the Roosters After Escaping His Tough Childhood". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". m.thewarriors.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Taukeiaho granted early release". Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Taukeiaho, Sio Siua. "SIO SIUA TAUKEIAHO MOVES TO THE ROOSTERS". Twitter. Sio Siua Taukeiaho. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  6. ^ Mark Ashton (31 August 2015). "Young Kiwi attacks Warriors". Sportal. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Roosters run riot to deny NRL grand final repeat for the Storm". TheGuardian.com. 30 September 2018.
  8. ^ "NRL grand final player ratings: Roosters and Raiders hits and misses". SMH. 6 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC Sport.
  10. ^ "Tonga Invitational v Australia".
  11. ^ "'They don't rate us': How injury toll eased pressure for revitalised Roosters". www.nrl.com. 16 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Manly Sea Eagles hammer Sydney Roosters 42-6 to advance to NRL preliminary finals". ABC News. 17 September 2021.

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