Weight 113 kg (17 st 11 lb) 2016– Brisbane Broncos 2 0 Height 1.9 m | Position Prop, Second-row 17 2 0 0 | |
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Born 4 February 1996 (age 21)
Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia ( 1996-02-04 ) Similar Jai Arrow, Josh McGuire, Mosese Pangai, Tautau Moga | ||
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.
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Background
Born in Ashfield, New South Wales, Pangai Junior is of Tongan descent 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.
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. On 7 November 2013, he re-signed with the Raiders on a 3-year contract. On 18 October 2014, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis. He was again selected for the Junior Kangaroos on 2 May 2015. On 12 September 2015, he was named in Tonga's 58-man train-on squad for the World Cup qualifier against the Cook Islands. Two days later, he was named at second-row in the 2015 NYC Team of the Year.
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. On 7 May, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis for a third year in a row. In Round 12 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Broncos against the Wests Tigers. In September, he re-signed with the Broncos on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.
