Tyrell Fuimaono (born 6 March 1996) is an
Australian
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professional
rugby league
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footballer who plays as a and forward for the
St. George Illawarra Dragons in the
NRL .
He previously played for the
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league club based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing tea ...
and the
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrit ...
in the
National Rugby League
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, and at representative level for the
Indigenous All Stars.
Early life
Fuimaono was born in
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. He is of
Indigenous Australian
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(
Wiradjuri
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) and
Samoan and
Tokelau
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descent.
He played his junior rugby league for
St Marys Saints
The St Marys Saints are an Australian rugby league club who were formed in 1908.St Marys''/ref> They were the founding Member of the Penrith District Rugby League. They have previously competed in the NSWRL Jim Beam Cup, winning three titles ...
, and was selected to represent the
Australian Schoolboys
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while attending
Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown
Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown is a Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Blacktown, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
History
The College was founded in 1952 by the Patrician Bro ...
in 2014.
Playing career
2016
Fuimaono was signed by the
Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League.
The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...
, playing for their
S. G. Ball Cup and
National Youth Competition teams. He was named on the interchange bench in the 2016 NYC team of the year.
2017
Fuimaono joined
South Sydney in 2017.
Before making his
NRL Debut, Fuimaono played the first half of the 2017 season in the
NSW Cup
The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserv ...
with the
North Sydney Bears
The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. The club competes in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 90 years in t ...
and made a total of 8 appearances. Fuimaono made his NRL debut for Souths in their match against the
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture ...
on 12 May. Fuimaono finished the season playing 15 games without missing a match since his debut, scoring 2 tries.
2018
Fuimaono only made 5 appearances for Souths as the player struggled with injuries and did not feature in Souths finals campaign.
2019
In 2019, Fuimaono signed a contract to join the
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrit ...
after being released by South Sydney at the end of 2018.
Fuimaono made his debut for Penrith against Parramatta in round 1 of the
2019 NRL season
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which ended in a 20-12 loss. On 16 September 2019, Fuimaono was one of ten players named who were being released by the Penrith club at the end of the
2019 NRL season
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.
2020
On 7 January 2020, Fuimaono signed a two-year deal for
St. George Illawarra which be applicable for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
In round 11 of the
2020 NRL season
The 2020 NRL season was the 113th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 23rd season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 14th consecutive year.
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, he scored his first try for St. George Illawarra in a 28-24 loss to rivals
Cronulla-Sutherland at
Kogarah Oval
Jubilee Stadium, also known as Kogarah Oval or by its sponsored name Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, is a multipurpose stadium in Carlton, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The stadium is mainly used for rugby league and the A-League, and is one ...
.
Fuimaono played 17 games for St. George Illawarra in the
2020 NRL season
The 2020 NRL season was the 113th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 23rd season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 14th consecutive year.
; Notes
:
:
:
Pre-seaso ...
as the club finished 13th on the table and missed out on the finals.
2021
In round 10 of the
2021 NRL season
The 2021 NRL season was the 114th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year.
Regular season
Ladd ...
, Fuimaono was sent off in the club's 44-18 loss against Melbourne after a high tackle on Melbourne's
Ryan Papenhuyzen
Ryan Papenhuyzen (born 10 June 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League (NRL) in Australia. He is a NRL premiership winning player of 2020.
Early life
Papen ...
. On 17 May 2021, Fuimaono was suspended for five matches by the NRL judiciary for his tackle on Papenhuyzen.
He played a total of 17 matches for
St. George Illawarra in the
2021 NRL season
The 2021 NRL season was the 114th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year.
Regular season
Ladd ...
as the club finished 11th on the table and missed out on the finals.
2022
On 20 February during St. George Illawarra’s first pre-season trial match, Fuimaono was placed on report and sent to the sin-bin for a hip-drop tackle on Parramatta's
Haze Dunster
Haze Dunster (born 1 March 1999) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Playing career
Dunster graduated from Parramatta's Jersey Flegg team in the Intrust Super ...
which ruled the player out of the entire
2022 NRL season
The 2022 NRL season is the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest s ...
. Fuimaono was subsequently suspended for five matches with an early guilty plea to a grade 3 dangerous contact charge.
Statistics
*denotes season still competing
Controversy
On 11 June 2019, Fuimaono was handed a 12-month good behaviour bond at court after pleading guilty to hindering police. The sentence was handed down in relation to an incident which happened in 2018 when Fuimaono tried to prevent police from arresting his cousin following a brawl on Oxford Street in Sydney's CBD.
On 5 July 2021, he was fined $12,000 by the
NRL and suspended for one game after breaching the game's
Covid-19
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biosecurity protocols when he attended a party along with 12 other
St. George Illawarra players at
Paul Vaughan
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's property.
References
External links
St. George Illawarra Dragons profilePenrith Panthers profileSouth Sydney Rabbitohs profile
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1996 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Indigenous Australian rugby league players
Australian people of Tokelauan descent
Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent
South Sydney Rabbitohs players
North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players
Junior Kangaroos players
Rugby league centres
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby league players from Penrith, New South Wales
Penrith Panthers players
St. George Illawarra Dragons players
Wiradjuri people