 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 3 January 1998 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing, Fullback, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: [1] As of 5 June 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tevita Funa (born 3 January 1998) is a professional rugby union footballer for the New South Wales Waratahs and a former rugby league wing , fullback and centre for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL.
Funa was born in Sydney, Australia, and is of Tongan descent.
He played his junior rugby league for the Guildford Owls and Mounties.
Funa made his debut in round 5 of the 2020 NRL season for Manly-Warringah against the Brisbane Broncos. [2] He scored a try as Manly won 20–18. [3]
He made a total of 12 appearances throughout the year scoring five tries. Manly missed out on the finals finishing 13th. [4]
Funa was limited to only four matches in the 2021 NRL season for Manly. On October 6, he was released by the Manly club. [5] After his release from Manly, Funa had signed with the New South Wales Waratahs in rugby union. [6]
Feleti Sosefo Mateo is a former Tonga international rugby league footballer. He played a variety of positions from lock, second-row and five-eighth. Mateo was also selected to represent NSW City Origin and the NRL All Stars. He last played for English club Salford Red Devils of Super League in 2016. Before that, he played for Sydney club the Parramatta Eels between 2004 and 2010. He also played for the New Zealand Warriors between 2011 and 2014, and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 2015 and 2016 before moving back to England and finishing his top-level career with Salford. Mateo was renowned for his versatility and extravagant style of play.
Denan Kemp is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a current online sports content creator. Kemp played in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos and the New Zealand Warriors, usually on the wing. He also had a brief stint in rugby union in 2011, playing for Southern Districts in the Shute Shield competition.
Reece Robinson is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who most recently played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.
Dunamis Lui is a Samoa international rugby league footballer plays as a prop and lock for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Hostplus Cup.
Michael Oldfield is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who last played as a winger and centre for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL.
Jarrad Kennedy is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the Intrust Super Premiership. He plays at second-row, but can also fill in at centre. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League.
Jorge Taufua is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for Bradford Bulls in the Championship. He has played for both Tonga and Samoa at international level.
Dylan Walker is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a lock for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL), and has played for Australia and the New Zealand Maori at international level.
Jayden Hodges is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who is the captain of the Mackay Cutters in the Queensland Cup. He primarily plays as a hooker.
Clinton Gutherson is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the St. George Illawarra Dragons the National Rugby League.
Jake Trbojevic, commonly nicknamed Jurbo, is an Australian professional rugby league player who plays as a lock and prop for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level.
Apisai Koroisau is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker and is the captain of the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Thomas Peter Trbojevic, also nicknamed "Tommy Turbo", is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Lachlan Croker is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Toafofoa Sipley is a Niue international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Jack Gosiewski is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Brian Kelly is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Jason Saab is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Albert Hopoate is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a wing, centre and fullback for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL).
The 2022 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 73rd in the clubs history since their entry to the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1947. Des Hasler coached the club for the fourth consecutive year and twelfth overall. Daly Cherry-Evans captained the club for the sixth consecutive year. Pointsbet became the new major sponsor for the club taking over URM who moved onto a premier partner role. The season was notable for an incident when seven players boycotted the round 20 match against the Sydney Roosters due to their refusal to wear the club's "pride" jersey.