Anthony Tupou

Anthony Tupou

Personal information
Full name	Anthony Tupou
Born	(1984-03-01) 1 March 1984 (age 28) Newcastle, New South Wales
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position	Lock, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2004–08	Sydney Roosters	111	19	0	0	76
2009–	Cronulla Sharks	72	8	0	0	32
	Total	183	27	0	0	108
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2005–09	Country	2	0	0	0	0
2007–08	New South Wales	4	0	0	0	0
2006–08	Australia	11	2	0	0	8
2010	NRL All Stars	1	0	0	0	0
Source: NRL Stats, RLP

Anthony Tupou (born 1 March 1984 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks of the National Rugby League. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative second-row forward, he previously played for the Sydney Roosters. His younger brother is fellow NRL player Ben Tupou.

Professional career

Sydney Roosters

Tupou made his first-grade debut in 2004 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs.^[1] In the September 2004 issue of Big League magazine, after making his debut with the Roosters, Tupou claimed that growing up his favourite player to watch was Queensland legend Mal Meninga. He also claimed that the biggest influence on his football was his father and his club coach Ricky Stuart.^[2] At the end of that season he played for the Roosters from the interchange bench in their 2004 NRL grand final loss to cross-Sydney rivals, the Bulldogs.

Tupou playing for the Roosters in 2008

In 2005, Tupou made his representative début in the City vs Country Origin for the Country NSW team.^[3]

At the end of the 2006 season, Tupou was selected for the Australian team,^[4] as a replacement for Reni Maitua. He played four matches, scoring one try.

Tupou retained his Test spot in 2007 for the Anzac Test against New Zealand. Tupou made his début for New South Wales in Game 1 of the 2007 State of Origin series. Interestingly, his Test debut came before his Origin debut. However, he was dropped for Game 2.

On 22 April 2008, Tupou announced that he had accepted a 4-year deal with the Cronulla Sharks worth 1.5 million dollars.^[5]

In August 2008, Tupou was named in the Australia training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[6] He was named in the Australia squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, replacing Michael Crocker who withdrew through injury.^[7] Although also named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, Tupou played for Australia.^[7][8]

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Tupou played for the Sharks mainly at second-row forward. Tupou was named in NSW's preliminary 40 man squad for the 2009 State of Origin series. He was selected for Country in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.^[9]

References

External links

• Cronulla Sharks profile