Tyrell Fuimaono


Tyrell Fuimaono is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL in the or as a.
He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Penrith Panthers in the NRL.

Early life

Fuimaono was born in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Indigenous Australian and Samoan descent.
He 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.

Playing career

Fuimaono was signed by the Parramatta Eels, playing for their S. G. Ball Cup and National Youth Competition teams. He was named on the interchange bench in the 2016 NYC team of the year.
Fuimaono joined South Sydney in 2017. Before making his NRL Debut, Fuimaono played the first half of the 2017 season in the NSW Cup with the North Sydney Bears and made a total of 8 appearances. Fuimaono made his NRL debut for Souths in their match against the Wests Tigers on 12 May. Fuimaono finished the season playing 15 games without missing a match since his debut, scoring 2 tries.
In 2018, Fuimaono only made 5 appearances for Souths as the player struggled with injuries and did not feature in Souths finals campaign.
In 2019, Fuimaono signed a contract to join the Penrith Panthers after being released by South Sydney at the end of 2018.
Fuimaono made his debut for Penrith against Parramatta in round 1 of the 2019 NRL season which ended in a 20-12 loss. On 16 September 2019, Fuimaono was one of ten players named who were being released by the Penrith club at the end of the 2019 NRL season.
On 7 January 2020, Fuimaono signed a two-year deal for St. George Illawarra which be applicable for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
In round 11 of the 2020 NRL season, he scored his first try for St. George in a 28-24 loss to rivals Cronulla-Sutherland at Kogarah Oval.

Controversy

On 11 June 2019, Fuimaono was handed a 12-month good behaviour bond at court after pleading guilty to hindering police. The sentence was handed down in relation to an incident which happened in 2018 when Fuimaono tried to prevent police from arresting his cousin following a brawl on Oxford Street in Sydney's CBD.