Tevita Pangai Junior

Tevita Pangai Junior
Pangai Junior playing for the Mounties in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1996-02-04) 4 February 1996
Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 113 kg (17 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Brisbane Broncos 14 2 0 0 8
As of 4 July 2016
Source: [1]

Tevita Pangai Junior (born 4 February 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop and second-row.

Background

Pangai Junior playing for the Mounties in 2014

Born in Ashfield, New South Wales, Pangai Junior is of Tongan descent[2] and moved to Newcastle, New South Wales at a young age. He played his junior rugby league for the South Newcastle Lions, before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.

Pangai Junior is the younger brother of former North Queensland Cowboys player Mosese Pangai.[3]

Playing career

Early career

After playing in the lower grades at the Knights, Pangai Junior joined the Canberra Raiders in 2013 and played for their NYC team from 2013 to 2015.[4] On 7 November 2013, he re-signed with the Raiders on a 3-year contract.[5] On 18 October 2014, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis.[6] He was again selected for the Junior Kangaroos on 2 May 2015.[7] On 12 September 2015, he was named in Tonga's 58-man train-on squad for the World Cup qualifier against the Cook Islands.[2] Two days later, he was named at second-row in the 2015 NYC Team of the Year.[8]

2016

In January, Pangai Junior signed a 2-year contract with the Brisbane Broncos starting in 2017, however, in February, he was granted a release from the final year of his Raiders contract to join the Broncos effective immediately on a revised contract for just the 2016 season.[9] On 7 May, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis for a third year in a row.[10] In Round 12 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Broncos against the Wests Tigers.[11][12] In September, he re-signed with the Broncos on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Tevita Pangai Jr - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1996-02-04. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  2. 1 2 "Tonga name 58-man squad for Cook Islands qualifier". The Roar. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  3. ↑ Jon Tuxworth (2014-10-11). "Canberra Raiders rookie Tevita Pangai learns from brothers' mistakes". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  4. ↑ "P". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  5. ↑ Raiders.com.au (2013-11-07). "Pangai brothers united at the Raiders". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  6. ↑ "Junior Kangaroos side to face NZ". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  7. ↑ "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  8. ↑ "2015 Holden Cup Team of the Year". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  9. ↑ Jon Tuxworth (2016-02-28). "Tevita Pangai thankful Canberra Raiders have found replacement in Joe Tapine". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  10. ↑ "Updated: Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  11. ↑ "Updated team lists: Broncos v Wests Tigers". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  12. ↑ NRL. "Su'A Start Sets New Mark". Broncos. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  13. ↑ Broncos.com.au (2016-09-01). "Trio commit to Broncos". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
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