Reni Maitua

Reni Maitua

Personal information
Full name	Reni Maitua Fuimaono
Born	(1982-06-11) 11 June 1982 (age 34) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position	Lock, Five-eighth, Second-row, Centre, Hooker, Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2004–08 Canterbury Bulldogs 100 23 0 0 92 2009 Cronulla Sharks 8 0 0 0 0 2011–13 Parramatta Eels 53 6 0 0 24 2014 Canterbury Bulldogs 13 1 0 0 4 2015 Featherstone Rovers 13 5 0 0 20 2015 Salford Red Devils 6 0 0 0 0 2016 Leigh Centurions 29 14 0 0 56 Total 222 49 0 0 196 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2005 NSW City 1 0 0 0 0 2006 Australia 1 0 0 0 0 2013–14 Samoa 3 0 0 0 0
As of 20 September 2015 Source: Rugby League Project, Love Rugby League

Reni Maitua (born 11 June 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with the Leigh Centurions in the English Championship. An Australian and Samoan International representative player, he previously played for the Bulldogs RLFC, with whom he won the 2004 premiership. Maitua's position over time has varied between utility forward, backrow, loose forward, centre and he can also play half-back.

Reni Maitua attended Daceyville Public School.Reni Maitua started playing rugby league as a youngster from the encouragement of his parents, playing for both the Coogee Randwick Wombats and Kensington United as well as brief stints at La Perouse United and the Maroubra Lions. Maitua then played for South Sydney Juniors which form part of the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Maitua is the son of a Samoan father and an Australian mother.

Maitua signed with Sydney's Bulldogs club in 2002 but did not make his National Rugby League début until Round 1 of the 2004 NRL season against the Parramatta Eels on 13 March. Maitua played for the Bulldogs' from the interchange bench in their 2004 NRL grand final victory over cross-town rivals, the Sydney Roosters. As 2004 NRL premiers, the Bulldogs faced Super League IX champions, the Leeds Rhinos in the 2005 World Club Challenge. Maitua played at second-row forward in the Bulldogs' 32-39 loss. In season 2005, Maitua had an up and down season, suffering an ankle injury in the trial game against South Sydney Rabbitohs missing up to six games. His return showed he was in good form and was then named in the City Origin squad. But during that game he also suffered another ankle injury which made him sit on the sidelines for nearly half the competition. Maitua had been selected in the Prime Minister's XIII side to take on Papua New Guinea national rugby league team.