Joseph Tomane

Background

He was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand but moved with his family to Brisbane, Australia when he was three years old.

Career

He plays on the wing for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby competition and he has been capped for the Wallabies. Tomane (pronounced Toe-mah-nee) is of Samoan and Cook Islander descent. In Brisbane, Tomane attended Marsden State High School and played rugby league alongside Israel Folau, Antonio Winterstein and Chris Sandow until he moved to Nudgee College for his senior year.

At Nudgee, he played rugby union alongside James O"Connor.

In 2007, Tomane played for the Australian Schoolboys, as did O"Connor. In 2008, Tomane joined the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League.

Tomane signed with the Gold Coast Titans on a two-year deal starting from 2010. He was also selected in the Samoan training squad in 2010.

In June 2011 Tomane signed a two-year deal with the Brumbies to play in the Super Rugby competition.

Tomane made his International debut playing against Scotland at Hunter Stadium in Newcastle on 5 June 2012. He had limited opportunities in the wet conditions but made a try saving tackle. An ankle injury sustained during training two days later ruled him out of the subsequent test series against Wales.

Achievements

• In only his ninth NRL game on 7 June 2009, playing against the Brisbane Broncos, Tomane scored three tries and took on the goal-kicking duties for the night to achieve six goals from nine attempts to bring his total points tally for the night to 24, half the Melbourne Storm"s 48 total points for night to Brisbane Bronco"s four points.