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Tevita Funa

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Tevita Funa
Personal information
Born (1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 (age 26)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Fullback, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020–21 Manly Sea Eagles 16 5 0 0 20
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As of 5 June 2021

Tevita Funa (born 3 January 1998) is a professional rugby union footballer for the New South Wales Waratahs and a former rugby league wing, fullback and centre for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL.

Early life

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Funa was born in Sydney, Australia, and is of Tongan descent.

He played his junior rugby league for the Guildford Owls and Mounties.

Playing career

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2020

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Funa made his debut in round 5 of the 2020 NRL season for Manly-Warringah against the Brisbane Broncos.[2] He scored a try as Manly won 20–18.[3]

He made a total of 12 appearances throughout the year scoring five tries. Manly missed out on the finals finishing 13th.[4]

2021

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Funa was limited to only four matches in the 2021 NRL season for Manly. On October 6, he was released by the Manly club.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ "Round 5 NRL team lists". NRL.com. 11 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Sea Eagles v Broncos". National Rugby League. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. ^ O'Loughlin, Liam (26 October 2020). "NRL 2020 Season Review: How will your side fare next year?". Sporting News. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Sea Eagles farewell departing players". www.seaeagles.com.au.
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