1. Tyrell Fuimaono was born on 6 March 1996 and is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played as a second-row and lock forward for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League.
16 Facts About Tyrell Fuimaono
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Tyrell Fuimaono previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, and at representative level for the Indigenous All Stars.
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Tyrell Fuimaono is of Indigenous Australian and Samoan and Tokelau descent.
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Tyrell Fuimaono played his junior rugby league for St Marys Saints, and was selected to represent the Australian Schoolboys while attending Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown in 2014.
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Tyrell Fuimaono was named on the interchange bench in the 2016 NYC team of the year.
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Tyrell Fuimaono only made 5 appearances for Souths as the player struggled with injuries and did not feature in Souths finals campaign.
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In 2019, Tyrell Fuimaono signed a contract to join the Penrith Panthers after being released by South Sydney at the end of 2018.
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On 16 September 2019, Tyrell Fuimaono was one of ten players named who were being released by the Penrith club at the end of the 2019 NRL season.
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On 7 January 2020, Tyrell Fuimaono signed a two-year deal for St George Illawarra which be applicable for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
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Tyrell Fuimaono played 17 games for St George Illawarra in the 2020 NRL season as the club finished 13th on the table and missed out on the finals.
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On 17 May 2021, Tyrell Fuimaono was suspended for five matches by the NRL judiciary for his tackle on Papenhuyzen.
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Tyrell Fuimaono played a total of 17 matches for St George Illawarra in the 2021 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table and missed out on the finals.
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On 20 February during St George Illawarra's first pre-season trial match, Tyrell Fuimaono was placed on report and sent to the sin-bin for a hip-drop tackle on Parramatta's Haze Dunster which ruled the player out of the entire 2022 NRL season.
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Tyrell Fuimaono was suspended for five matches with an early guilty plea to a grade 3 dangerous contact charge.
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On 11 June 2019, Tyrell Fuimaono was handed a 12-month good behaviour bond at court after pleading guilty to hindering police.
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The sentence was handed down in relation to an incident which happened in 2018 when Tyrell Fuimaono tried to prevent police from arresting his cousin following a brawl on Oxford Street in Sydney's CBD.