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Auckland, New Zealand |
23 January 1995 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Five-eighth, Fullback, Centre, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tuimoala Lolohea (born 23 January 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer in the NRL who currently plays for the Wests Tigers. He previously played for New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. New Zealand and Tongan international representative, he primarily plays at five-eighth, halfback and fullback, but can also fill in at centre and wing.
A Marist Saints junior, Lolohea is of Tongan descent and signed with the New Zealand Warriors in 2013, playing in all 28 matches in the Holden Cup. Lolohea was named the Warriors' 2013 NYC Young Player of the Year and also played for the Junior Kiwis that year. Lolohea attended Kelston Boys’ High School.
In February 2014, Lolohea was selected in the Warriors' 2014 NRL Auckland Nines squad. Lolohea started to play for the New Zealand Warriors NSW Cup squad. Lolohea made his first grade debut in round 20 of the 2014 NRL season against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, playing off the interchange bench in the Warriors 22-12 loss at Mt Smart Stadium after halfback Shaun Johnson was ruled out with injury. Lolohea played in the 2014 Holden Cup Grand Final, won by the Junior Warriors 34-32 over the Junior Brisbane Broncos. Lolohea played in 3 NRL matches for the Warriors in the 2014 season.