Tevita Funa

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Tevita Funa
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Personal information
Born (1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 (age 25)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Fullback, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020–21 Manly Sea Eagles 1650020
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.

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Early life

Funa was born in Sydney, Australia, and is of Tongan descent.

He played his junior rugby league for the Guildford Owls and Mounties.

Playing career

2020

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]

2021

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]

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References

  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Round 5 NRL team lists". NRL.com. 11 June 2020.
  3. "Sea Eagles v Broncos". National Rugby League. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. O'Loughlin, Liam (26 October 2020). "NRL 2020 Season Review: How will your side fare next year?". Sporting News. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020.
  5. "Sea Eagles farewell departing players". www.seaeagles.com.au.