Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 24 December 2002 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: [1] As of 31 August 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Francis (born 24 December 2002) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.
Francis was born in Sydney and is of Tongan descent. [2] He played his junior rugby league for the Canley Vale Kookas and attended Westfields Sports High School. [3] [4] In 2019, he moved to Queensland, where he attended Marsden State High School. [5]
In 2018, Francis played for the Manly Sea Eagles in the Harold Matthews Cup, starting at five-eighth and scoring a try in their Grand Final win over the Parramatta Eels. [6]
In 2021, after two years under contract with the Brisbane Broncos, Francis signed with the Gold Coast Titans. [7] [8] That year he played for the Burleigh Bears in the Hastings Deering Colts. [9]
On 17 September 2023, he scored a hat-trick for Burleigh in their Queensland Cup Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Tigers. [10] On 13 October 2023, he re-signed with the Titans until the end of the 2025 season. [11] On 22 October 2023, he represented Tonga A in their loss to New Zealand A. [12]
Francis began the 2024 season playing for the Tweed Seagulls in the Queensland Cup. [13]
In Round 12 of the 2024 NRL season, he made his NRL debut in a 36–34 win over the Brisbane Broncos. He suffered an AC joint injury in the third minute, scoring a try in the 12th minute, before being taken from the field. [14]