Winterstein playing for Brisbane in 2009 | ||||||
Personal information | ||||||
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Nickname | Tones | |||||
Born |
Auckland, New Zealand |
30 May 1988 |||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||
Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Wing, Centre | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2009–10 | Brisbane Broncos | 47 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
2011– | NQ Cowboys | 132 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 268 |
Total | 179 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 344 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2013–16 | Samoa | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
2015 | NRL All Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Antonio Winterstein (born 30 May 1988) is a professional rugby league footballer for the North Queensland Cowboys of the NRL. A Samoan international representative winger, he can also play centre and previously played for the Brisbane Broncos. He was a member of the Cowboys' 2015 NRL premiership and 2016 World Club Challenge winning sides.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand moved to Brisbane in his early years, playing junior rugby league for Logan Brothers and attended Marsden State High School, where his classmates included future NRL stars Israel Folau and Chris Sandow. Winterstein joined the Sydney Roosters Jersey Flegg side in 2007 and played for their inaugural NYC in 2008.
Following the 2008 Toyota Cup season, Winterstein returned to Brisbane to be closer to family and was invited to train with the Broncos during the off-season. He was selected to play in Round 1 of the 2009 NRL season against his future club the North Queensland Cowboys and scored a try on début. He scored 16 tries and played almost every game of his first NRL season. He was later named in the New Zealand train-on squad for the 2009 Four Nations series.