Name Joe Ofahengaue | ||
 | ||
Ipswich jet joe ofahengaue hoping to crack brisbane broncos in 2014
Joe Ofahengaue (born 15 September 1995) is a New Zealand-born Tongan professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop.
Contents
- Ipswich jet joe ofahengaue hoping to crack brisbane broncos in 2014
- Background
- Early career
- 2015
- 2016
- References
Background
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Ofahengaue is of Tongan descent and moved to Australia at a young age. He attended Forest Lake State High School and St Peter Claver College alongside fellow NRL players Tautau Moga and Anthony Milford and played his junior rugby league for the Ipswich Brothers, before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.
Ofahengaue is the nephew of former Australian Wallabies rugby union player Viliami Ofahengaue.
Early career
From 2013 to 2015, Ofahengaue played for the Brisbane Broncos' NYC team. On 3 May 2014, he played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team. On 18 October 2014, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis.
2015
In Round 2 of the 2015 NRL season, Ofahengaue made his NRL debut for the Broncos against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. On 2 May, he again played for the Junior Kangaroos against Junior Kiwis. On 1 June, he re-signed with the Broncos on a 2-year contract. On 14 September, he was named at prop in the 2015 NYC Team of the Year. He went on to play 14 games for the Broncos during the 2015 season, including the 2015 NRL Grand Final in which they lost to the North Queensland Cowboys by 1 point. On 17 October, he played for Tonga against the Cook Islands in their Asia-Pacific Qualifier for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
2016
On 7 May, Ofahengaue played for Tonga against Samoa in the 2016 Polynesian Cup.