Tinirau Arona

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Tinirau "T" Arona
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Personal information
Full nameTinirau Arona
Born (1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 34)
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Playing information
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight16 st 10 lb (106 kg)
Position Loose forward, Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2011–13 Sydney Roosters 3630012
2014–15 Cronulla Sharks 3330012
2016–22 Wakefield Trinity 153110044
Total222170068
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2006– Cook Islands 1131014
Source: [1] [2]

Tinirau Arona (born 8 May 1989) is a former [3] Cook Islands international [4] rugby league footballer who last played as a loose forward and prop for Wakefield Trinity in the Super League.

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He previously played for the Sydney Roosters and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL.

Background

Arona was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is of Cook Islands descent and moved to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as an 11-year-old. Arona is cousins with Penrith Panthers and Cook Islands representative player Tupou Sopoaga. [5]

He played his junior rugby league for the St Clair Comets, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. [6]

Playing career

On 4 October 2006, Arona made his international début for the Cook Islands as a 17-year-old, playing off the interchange bench and scored the Cook Islands only try in the 46-6 loss to the Samoa. [7] In October 2009, Arona played 2 matches for the Cook Islands in the Pacific Cup. [8] Arona played in the Penrith Panthers NYC team in 2008-2009 [9] before moving on to play for the Sydney Roosters NSW Cup team the Newtown Jets in 2010 where Arona was awarded the club's best and fairest and best forward. [10] Earning himself a contract with the Sydney Roosters.

Sydney Roosters

2011

In Round 4 of the 2011 NRL season, Arona made his NRL début for the Sydney Roosters, playing off the interchange bench in the Roosters 24-6 victory over the Wests Tigers at SFS. [11] Arona finished his début year in the NRL with him playing in 13 matches for the Sydney Roosters in the 2011 NRL season. On 3 November 2011 The annual RLIF Awards dinner was held at the Tower of London and Arona was named Cook Islands' player of the year. [12]

Arona playing for the Roosters in 2012 Tinirau Arona 2012.jpg
Arona playing for the Roosters in 2012

2012

In Round 9 against the Newcastle Knights at SFS, Arona scored his first NRL career try in the Roosters 24-6 win. [13] Arona finished the 2012 NRL season with him playing in 20 matches and scoring 3 tries (12p) for the Sydney Roosters.

2013

In July 2013, Arona represented the NSW Residents side. [14] Arona finished the 2013 NRL season with him playing in 3 matches for the Sydney Roosters. Arona was part of the Cook Islands national rugby league team that participated in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup playing at lock in all 3 matches for the Cook Islands. [15] On 6 December 2013, Arona signed with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks after getting released from his contract with the Sydney Roosters. [16]

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

2014

In round 1 of the 2014 NRL season, Arona made his National Rugby League Premiership début for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, scoring a try in Cronulla's 18-12 loss to the Gold Coast Titans at Remondis Stadium. [17] Arona finished his first year with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the 2014 NRL season with him playing in 21 matches and scoring 3 tries (12p). The club endured one of their toughest ever seasons in 2014 finishing with the wooden spoon. [18]

Wakefield Trinity

On 5 November 2015, Arona signed a one-year contract with Super League side Wakefield Trinity starting in 2016. [19] In 2018, he signed a contract extension to remain at Wakefield until the end of the 2019 Super League season. [20] In 2019, he signed a three-year contract extension to remain at Wakefield until the end of the 2022 season. [21] On 24 August 2022, Arona announced he would depart Wakefield Trinity at the end of the season. [22]

International career

In Arona's final professional game, he scored a try and kicked the last conversion of the match in the Cook Islands 92-10 loss against Tonga at the Riverside Stadium. It was Cook Islands' worst ever international result, as of 2023. The Cook Islands finished their 2021 Rugby League World Cup campaign in third place in Group D, and were eliminated. [23]

He retired from league at the end of the world cup in November 2022. [3]

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