1. Curtis Rona was born on 26 May 1992 and is a former Australian international rugby union footballer who recently played for London Irish in the English Premiership.
30 Facts About Curtis Rona
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Curtis Rona now plays for Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Sagamihara Dynaboars.
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Curtis Rona has previously played for the Western Force and NSW Waratahs in Super Rugby, as well as playing rugby league in the NRL for the North Queensland Cowboys and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.
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Curtis Rona moved to Perth, Western Australia when he was eight.
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In Perth, Curtis Rona attended Aranmore Catholic College, where he played for their rugby union team and represented Western Australia at the Under 15, Under 16 and Schoolboy level.
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Curtis Rona played junior rugby league for the Joondalup Giants in the Perth Rugby League competition.
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Curtis Rona played rugby union for the Wanneroo Districts juniors and was a member of the Western Force academy.
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In 2009, Curtis Rona made the full-time switch to rugby league and was a member of the Western Reds SG Ball team and represented the Western Australia Under-18s team.
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Later that year, Curtis Rona signed a three-year deal with the Sydney Roosters.
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From 2010 to 2012, Curtis Rona played for the Roosters Holden Cup team playing 39 matches and scoring 23 tries.
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On 21 July 2012, Curtis Rona signed a two-year deal with the North Queensland Cowboys.
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In 2013, Curtis Rona joined the Cowboys first grade squad spending the 2013 season playing for the Cowboys feeder team, the Mackay Cutters, in the Queensland Cup.
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On 17 July 2013, Curtis Rona represented the Queensland Residents team.
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In 2014, Curtis Rona was a member of the Cowboys victorious Auckland Nines team, in which he scored two tries in the final against the Brisbane Broncos.
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On 20 August 2014, Curtis Rona signed a 2-year contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs starting in 2015.
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Curtis Rona finished off his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 7 matches and scoring 6 tries for the North Queensland Cowboys in the 2014 NRL season.
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On 23 January 2015, Curtis Rona was named in the Bulldogs 2015 Auckland Nines squad.
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Curtis Rona finished the 2015 season as the Bulldogs' highest try-scorer with 23 tries in 25 matches.
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On 24 September, Curtis Rona was selected in the New Zealand 24-man squad for the 2015 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain.
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Curtis Rona was not selected for the first two matches against England, before returning home to see the birth of his daughter.
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On 12 August 2016, Curtis Rona agreed to a switch to Super Rugby to take up a two-year deal with the Western Force in Perth, as the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs opted not to renew his contract.
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Curtis Rona finished his last season with the Bulldogs playing all 25 matches for the club, scoring 11 try.
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Curtis Rona was named in the New Zealand Maori squad for a match against the New Zealand Residents on 15 October 2016.
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In 2017 Curtis Rona played 14 matches for the Western Force, scoring 1 try.
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Curtis Rona played two more matches for the Wallabies that year.
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Curtis Rona was signed by the New South Wales Waratahs in 2018 after the Western Force was removed from the Super Rugby competition.
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In 2019 Curtis Rona was the Waratahs' highest try scorer, scoring six tries.
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Curtis Rona joined Irish in 2019 and in 2020 scored the first try in the Brentford Community Stadium.
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Curtis Rona left the club with immediate effect in October 2022 to pursue an opportunity in Japan.
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Curtis has a younger brother Daniel Rona that plays rugby for the Chiefs and Taranaki.