Tevin Arona
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| Full name | Tevin Arona | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 September 1995 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker, Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 31 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tevin Arona (born 5 September 1995) is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker, halfback or five-eighth for the Auckland Vulcans.
Background
[edit]Arona was born in New Zealand. He is of Cook Islands descent.[2]
He played his junior rugby league for the Hornby Panthers.[3]
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Arona played in the NSW Cup for the New Zealand Warriors between 2017 and 2019.[4]
He joined the Tweed Seagulls ahead of the 2021 Queensland Cup season.[5]
Arona joined the Auckland Vulcans ahead of the 2022 season.[6]
International career
[edit]Arona played for the Cook Islands at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.[7] He made three appearances and scored a try at the competition.[8]
In 2019 he made his international début for the Cook Islands against the United States of America.
In 2022 Arona was named in the Cook Islands squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Tevin Arona". Zero Tackle. 16 October 2023.
- ^ 2022 Auckland Vulcans Men's Squad Announced
- ^ "Tevin Arona » League Unlimited". League Unlimited.
- ^ "Nothingbutleague stats".
- ^ 2022 Auckland Vulcans Men's Squad Announced
- ^ Walter, Brad (17 October 2019). "How Cook Islands plan to become the 'new Tonga'". NRL.com. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Cook Islands World Cup 9s profile
- ^ Darbyshire, Drew (4 October 2022). "Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021". LoveRugbyLeague.
External links
[edit]- 1997 births
- Living people
- Cook Islands national rugby league team players
- Cook Island rugby league players
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand sportspeople of Cook Island descent
- Rugby league second-rows
- New Zealand expatriate rugby league players in Australia
- Cook Island expatriate rugby league players
- Cook Island expatriate sportspeople in Australia