Mahe Fonua
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Personal information
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24 December 1992 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Centre, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mahe Fonua (born 24 December 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer of Tongan descent who currently plays for Hull F.C. in the Super League. He plays at centre and wing and previously played for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. In 2012 he became the first Victorian born and bred player to play for Melbourne Storm at NRL level.
Born in Melbourne, Victoria Fonua attended school at Hallam Senior College Sports Academy. Fonua played his junior football for the South Eastern Titans, Melbourne in the Victoria Rugby League, before being signed by the Canberra Raiders. In 2006 and 2007, Fonua represented the Victoria Under 15s team, he also represented the Victoria Under 18s team. In 2008 and 2009, he represented the Australian Capital Territory Under 18s team. He played for the Raiders' SG Ball team as the Storm did not have an SG Ball team at that time, before returning to Melbourne after being signed by the Melbourne Storm.
Fonua played for the Storm's NYC team from 2010 to 2012, scoring 32 tries in 45 games. At the end of the 2011 season, Fonua was named at centre in the 2011 NYC Team of the Year.
In Round 23 of the 2012 NRL season, Fonua made his NRL debut for the Storm against the Gold Coast Titans on the wing in the Storms 24-16 win at AAMI Park. Fonua became the first Victorian born and bred player to represent the Storm in first-grade. In Fonua's third game for the Storm in the Finals 1 week match against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Fonua scored his first NRL career try in the Storms 24-10 win at AAMI Park, after previously being denied tries on four occasions by the video referee, once in his debut, twice in his second game, and once prior to his try in his third game. Fonua finished off his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 4 matches and scoring a try in the 2012 NRL season. On 2 October 2012, Fonua was named at wing in the Junior Kangaroos team to face the Junior Kiwis.
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