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Toshio Laiseni

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Toshio Laiseni
Toshio Laiseni playing for the Newtown Jets
Personal information
Full nameToshio Laiseni
Born (1985-06-19) 19 June 1985 (age 39)
Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Playing information
PositionFullback, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006 Cronulla-Sutherland 1 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–09 Tonga 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 21 January 2019

Toshio Laiseni (born 19 June 1985) is a Tongan former professional rugby league footballer who played as fullback or winger.

Early career

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Laiseni was born in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga.

Laiseni started his football at the Otahuhu Leopards before being selected to represent the Otahuhu-Ellerslie Leopards in the Bartercard Cup. From this competition he was signed by the New Zealand Warriors although he did not play any NRL matches for the club.

Playing career

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2006

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Laiseni made his first-grade debut for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in round 18 of the 2006 NRL season on 9 July 2006 at Toyota Park against the Wests Tigers. On his debut, Laiseni played a part in his side's first and only try of the game, making a break and setting up Kevin Kingston to score between the posts. Despite Cronulla losing the match 22-10, Laiseni made a solid beginning to his professional rugby league career.

2007

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Laiseni signed with the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2007 season, playing mostly for the Young Guns in the Queensland Cup.

2008

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In 2008 he played for Newtown in the NSW Cup.

In August 2008, Laiseni was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[2] and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man Tonga squad.[3]

Later years

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In 2009 Laiseni returned to New Zealand and played for the Papakura Sea Eagles in the 2009 Fox Memorial. He again represented Tonga in a Test against the New Zealand national rugby league team.[4] In 2010 he was part of the Auckland Vulcans squad in the NSW Cup.[5] He later returned to play for his junior club, the Ellerslie Eagles.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Toshio Laiseni- Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ^ "Tug-of-war over Mason". Sky Sports. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Samoa, Tonga and Fiji name squads". BBC. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  4. ^ Mateo to headline Tonga's act in Test Archived 11 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine nrl.com, 8 October 2009
  5. ^ "Forging a path to success" Superleague, Issue 1 2010. p.25.
  6. ^ "Team Sheet".
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