Jorge Taufua
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| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born |
23 October 1991 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
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| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2012– | Manly Sea Eagles | 101 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013–14 | NSW City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013–15 | Tonga | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| As of 5 March 2016 | ||||||
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Jorge Taufua (born 23 October 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He is a Tongan national and New South Wales City representative winger.
Born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Taufua is of Tongan and Samoan descent. Taufua played his junior football for the Toongabbie Tigers and Wentworthville Magpies whilst attending The Hills Sports High School before being signed by the Parramatta Eels. Taufua played for the Eels' Toyota Cup team in 2010. In 2011, Taufua signed with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He played for the Sea Eagles' Toyota Cup team in 2011 before moving on to the Sea Eagles' NSW Cup reserve-grade team in 2012.
In Round 4 of the 2012 NRL season, Sea Eagles coach Geoff Toovey selected Taufua to make his NRL debut from the interchange bench for the Sea Eagles against the St George Illawarra Dragons but he didn't get on the field in the Sea Eagles 6-17 loss at Kogarah Oval. In Round 5 against the Parramatta Eels, Taufua made his official NRL debut for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles on the wing and scored a try in the Sea Eagles 29-20 loss at Parramatta Stadium. Since being selected on the wing, Taufua established himself as Manly's left winger, replacing long time winger, and 2008 NRL Grand Final hero, Michael Robertson, who had left the club. On 20 June 2012, Taufua re-signed with the Sea Eagles for 2 years to the end of the 2014 season. While some considered Taufua unlucky to miss out on the Rookie of the Year award for his impressive debut season, it was towards the end of the season and during the finals series that Taufua's potential became fully evident. Despite many of his teammates showing the effects of a season crippled by injuries and off-field dramas, Taufua produced a string of astonishing performances, including a man-of-the-match performance in the Sea Eagles 22-12 semi final win over the North Queensland Cowboys. Unfortunately for Taufua, and Manly, they saved their worst performance of the season for the Preliminary Final against the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park just a week after defeating the Cowboys 22-12 at SFS. The Sea Eagles bumbled and fumbled their way through a savage 40-12 loss to the eventual NRL premiers. Taufua finished his debut year in the [NRL with him being named the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2012 NRL season rookie of the year with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 10 tries. On 19 October 2012, Taufua was charged with assault for allegedly spitting at a Queensland Police officer at a night club on the Gold Coast. Taufua was then banned in court from entering any licensed venues in Queensland. As a result, a special court hearing was needed (held on 7 March 2013) to allow him to play for the Sea Eagles in their opening match of the 2013 NRL season against the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium, which is a licensed venue. The outcome of the hearing saw a variation to the original ruling. While still banned from entering any licensed venues, Taufua was allowed into such venues for the purposes of his employment as a rugby league player.
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