Antonio Kaufusi

Antonio Kaufusi

Personal information
Born	(1984-11-27) 27 November 1984 (age 32) Matahau, Tonga
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2003–08 Melbourne Storm 78 6 0 0 24 2009–10 North Queensland Cowboys 33 2 0 0 8 2010–11 Newcastle Knights 33 2 0 0 8 2012–13 London Broncos 56 8 0 0 32 2014 Huddersfield Giants 17 1 0 0 4 2014(loan) → Bradford Bulls 4 0 0 0 0 2015 Canterbury Bulldogs 7 0 0 0 0 Total 228 19 0 0 76 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006 Australia 1 0 0 0 0 2007 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0 2008 Tonga 3 0 0 0 0 2012 Exiles 2 0 0 0 0
As of 18 September 2014 Source:

Antonio Kaufusi (born 27 November 1984 in Tonga) is a Tongan former professional rugby league footballer. An Australian and Tongan international and Queensland State of Origin representative prop, he played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Melbourne Storm, North Queensland Cowboys and Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League, and the London Broncos, Huddersfield Giants and Bradford Bulls in the Super League.

His junior club was Brothers in Bundaberg and he played rugby union for Nudgee College in Brisbane in 2002.

Kaufusi made his first-grade debut in round 22 against the Bulldogs on 10 August 2003.

In 2006 Kaufusi was called up to the Australian tri-nations squad after Reni Maitua received an ankle injury in the first test against New Zealand. He played at prop forward in his first Grand Final in 2006, when the Storm were defeated by the Brisbane Broncos, 15–8.

He played State of Origin for Queensland, making his debut in game one 2007.

A serious knee injury prevented Kaufusi from participating in the Storm's victorious 2007 premiership winning team. He played in the 2008 NRL Grand Final defeat by Manly.

He was named in the Tonga squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.