Joe Tomane

Joe Tomane

Birth name	Joseph Malaki Tomane
Date of birth	(1990-02-11) 11 February 1990
Place of birth	Palmerston North, New Zealand
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)
School	St. Joseph's Nudgee College
Occupation(s)	Rugby union player, former rugby league player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–15 2016− Canberra Vikings Montpellier 1 21 (0) (40) Correct as of 13 December 2016 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–16 Brumbies 68 (125) Correct as of 22 July 2016 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012– 2007 Australia Australian Schoolboys 17 (25) Correct as of 27 September 2015

Joseph Malaki Tomane (born 11 February 1990) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer. He plays on the wing for Montpellier, in the Top 14, and formerly played for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby competition. He has been capped for the Wallabies.

Early life

Tomane (pronounced Toe-mah-nee) is of Samoan and Cook Islander descent. He was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand but moved with his family to Brisbane, Australia when he was three years old.

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.

Rugby league

In 2008, Tomane joined the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. 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 in the Storm's 48–4 win over the Broncos.

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.

Rugby union

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.

On 5 July 2016, Tomane confirmed that he would be leaving the Brumbies for French club Montpellier at the end of the season.

Personal life

In March 2014 Tomane was baptized along with twenty others at the Life Unlimited Church in Charnwood. Tomane was baptized as a child but wasn't religious growing up. However, after he turned his career around Tomane became a devout Christian. He now goes to church every week, prays before matches, has tattoos of his favorite bible verses, and pauses to thank God every time he scores a try. He also wants to start a Christian group for athletes in Canberra.

Tomane has nine tattoos, most in relation to his Christian faith or Samoan heritage. He also has three stars behind his ear, which are for daughter Starsha. His other favorite tattoos are the cross on his left hand and his favorite Bible verse written across his stomach – Philippians 4:13 ‘‘I can do all things through Him who gives me strength’’.

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 22 July 2016

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
2012	Template:Rut Brumbies	13	11	2	823	4	0	0	0	20	0	0
2013	Template:Rut Brumbies	18	13	5	1133	4	0	0	0	20	0	0
2014	Template:Rut Brumbies	11	8	3	648	3	0	0	0	15	0	0
2015	Template:Rut Brumbies	18	18	0	1408	8	0	0	0	40	0	0
2016	Template:Rut Brumbies	8	8	0	584	6	0	0	0	30	0	0
Total		68	58	10	4596	25	0	0	0	125	0	0

External links

• ARU Profile
• Brumbies profile