Tony Satini (born 29 August 1993) is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who last played as a centre for the North Sydney Bears in the NSW Cup.
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| Full name | Wellentony Taufa Satini[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1993 Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Mount Pritchard Mounties.
Background edit
Satini was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Tongan descent.
He played junior rugby union for the Blacktown Scorpions and junior rugby league for the Glenmore Park Brumbies. He was then signed by the Penrith Panthers.
Playing career edit
Early career edit
From 2011 to 2013, Satini played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team,[3][4] captaining the side in 2013.[5][6] In October 2013, he signed a contract with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2014.[7]
2014 edit
In Round 3 of the 2014 NRL season, Satini made his NRL debut for the Sea Eagles against the Parramatta Eels.[8][9] On 19 October, he played for Tonga against Papua New Guinea.[10]
2015 edit
In August, Satini re-signed with the Sea Eagles on a 1-year contract until the end of 2016.[11]
2016 edit
After failing to make a first-grade appearance in the 2015 and 2016 seasons, Satini was released at the end of the year.[12] Late in the year, he rejoined his old club Penrith for the 2017 season.[13]
2017 edit
Satini scored a try in Penrith's 20-12 victory over Wyong in The 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW grand final.[14] The following week Satini scored four tries for Penrith in their 42-18 win over The PNG Hunters in The 2017 NRL State Championship final.[15]
2018 edit
In 2018, Satini was selected to play for the NSW residents against the QLD residents side.[16]
2019 edit
On 6 May, Satini was selected for the Canterbury Cup NSW residents side to play against the Queensland residents representative team.[17]
Satini played for Mounties in their elimination final loss against Newtown at Campbelltown Stadium.[18]
2020 edit
Santini played for Mounties in 2020.
2021 edit
After being released by Mounties, Santini signed a contract to play for North Sydney in the NSW Cup. He made his debut in round 1 of the competition, a 48-20 loss against Blacktown Workers.[19]
References edit
- ^ "NRL Results and Fixtures - 7Sport". Nz.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Wellentony Tafua Satini - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 29 August 1993. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "S". Nyc Database. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Wellentony Tafua Satini player results, scores, news and statistics". Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "the-lurker---nrl-rumour-file---wednesday". Sportal.com.au. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "2013 Holden Cup U20's Round 1 - The Front Row Forum :: Rugby League". Forums.leagueunlimited.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Unwanted Eel Cheyse Blair gets new start with Sea Eagles". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "NRL 2014 - Round 3". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ NRL (23 March 2014). "LATE MAIL: Satini to make debut". Sea Eagles. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ NRL Ladder (16 October 2014). "Png & Tonga Squads Named For Test Match". Rugby League Week. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ SeaEagles.com.au (18 August 2015). "Manly make Wright move with Tom". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ NRL Digital Media. "List of departing players". Sea Eagles. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ NRL Digital Media. "Tony Satini - Panthers". Penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Panthers Clinch 2017 Intrust Super Premiership". 24 September 2017.
- ^ "NRL grand final 2017: Penrith Panthers far too strong for PNG Hunters in State Championship". October 2017.
- ^ "FINAL TEAM | Intrust Super NSW Residents". 24 June 2018.
- ^ "NSWRL names Canterbury Cup NSW Residents team". www.nswrl.com.au. 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Finals week 1". NSWRL.
- ^ "Player profile". www.nswrl.com.au.
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