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Born | Gisborne, New Zealand | 16 November 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 26 May 2024 |
Moeaki Fotuaika (born 16 November 1999) is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as prop for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League (NRL).
He has previously played at representative level for Queensland in the State of Origin series.
Born in Gisborne, New Zealand, Fotuaika moved to Brisbane with his family in 2007 at age 7. [2] [3]
He played his junior rugby league for the Greenbank Raiders and attended Keebra Park State High School before being signed by the Gold Coast Titans. [4] [5]
In 2015, Fotuaika played for the Souths Logan Magpies in the Cyril Connell Cup. [6]
In 2016, he moved up to the club's Mal Meninga Cup side. [7]
In 2017, Fotuaika joined the Gold Coast Titans, playing for their under-20s side, winning the club's Under-20 Player of the Year award. [8] On 6 May 2017, Fotuaika represented the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos. [9]
On 11 January, Fotuaika re-signed with the Titans until the end of the 2021 season, joining the club's NRL squad. [10] He began the season playing for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Queensland Cup. [11]
In Round 9 of the 2018 NRL season, he made his NRL debut in the Titans' 18–32 loss to the Canberra Raiders. [12] He played 16 games in his rookie season for the club, scoring two tries. On 19 September, he was selected in the Tonga 29-man squad for their Test match against Australia, but did not play. [13]
On 27 August, Fotuaika extended his contract with the Titans for one season, until the end of 2022. [14] He played 21 games for the Titans before his season was cut short due to knee and wrist injuries. [15]
On 13 September, Fotuaika won the Paul Broughton Medal for Titans' Player of the Year, becoming the youngest winner of the award. [16]
On 7 October, Fotuaika was named in Queensland's 27-man squad for the 2020 State of Origin series, Fotuaika would debut in Origin 2 of the series off the bench in the 34–10 loss, however Queensland would end up winning the series 2–1. [17]
He played 22 games for the Gold Coast in the 2021 NRL season including the club's elimination final loss against the Sydney Roosters. [18]
Fotuaika played a total of 23 games for the Gold Coast in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished 13th on the table. [19]
In October 2022 he was named in the Tonga squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. [20]
Fotuaika played two games for Queensland in the 2023 State of Origin series as they won the shield 2-1. He played a total of 21 matches for the Gold Coast in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 14th on the table. [21]
Fotuaika was named on the bench for Queensland ahead of game one in the 2024 State of Origin series. [22]
Year | Team | Games | Tries | Pts |
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2018 | Gold Coast Titans | 16 | 2 | 8 |
2019 | 21 | |||
2020 | 18 | |||
2021 | 22 | 3 | 12 | |
2022 | 23 | |||
2023 | 21 | |||
2024* | 10 | |||
Totals | 129 | 5 | 20 |
*denotes season still competing
Fotuaika's older brother Mosese, who was a member of the Wests Tigers NRL squad, committed suicide in 2013. [23] Another older brother, Feao, plays for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. [24]
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