Young Tonumaipea
Yee-Huang "Young" Tonumaipea (born 6 September 1992) is a Samoan professional rugby union footballer who plays for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby. Early life. Born in Apia, Samoa, Tonumaipea moved to Melbourne, Australia at a young age and attended Roxburgh Secondary College. He played his junior rugby league for the Northern Thunder in the Melbourne Rugby League before joining the Melbourne Storm. Playing career. Early career. Tonumaipea played for Melbourne's S. G. Ball Cup team in 2009 and their NYC team in 2011 and 2012. At the end of 2012, Tonumaipea won Melbourne's NYC  player of the year award. In 2013, Tonumaipea played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSW Cup team, and was in Cronulla's NSW Cup grand final winning side that defeated the Windsor Wolves 36–8. 2014. In February 2014, Tonumaipea was included in Melbourne's inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad. In round 1 of the 2014 NRL season, Tonumaipea made his NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles on the wing in Melbourne's 23–22 golden point win. In round 3, against the Newcastle Knights, Tonumaipea scored his first NRL career try in Melbourne's 28–20  win at AAMI Park. In round 6, in a match against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Tonumaipea scored a try after the full-time siren to win to the game for Melbourne 28–24 after they had been behind 24–10 in the second half. Tonumaipea was selected to play for Samoa in the 3 May 2014 Pacific Rugby League International against Fiji. Tonumaipea played on the wing in the 32–16 win at Penrith Stadium; Tonumaipea had a try disallowed in the match. On 28 May 2014, Tonumaipea re-signed with the Melbourne club for a further two years, keeping him at  the club until the end of the 2016 season. Tonumaipea finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 14 matches and scoring three tries for Melbourne. 2015. On 23 January 2015, Tonumaipea was named in Melbourne's 2015 Auckland Nines squad. 2016. Tonumaipea was named in Melbourne's 2016 Auckland Nines squad. He did not appear in the 2016 NRL Grand Final against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. He played 12 matches and two tries. 2017. Tonumaipea was named in Melbourne's 2017 Auckland Nines squad and he was captained for the Storm with Kenny Bromwich. On 5  February at 2017 Auckland Nines against the Newcastle Knights, he scored a try in the 20–10 win, a try in Melbourne's 25–12 win at the quarter finals against the North Queensland Cowboys and a try in Melbourne's 16–21 loss over the Sydney Roosters at the semi-final at Eden Park. He played 5 matches and scored 3 tries for the Nines and in the NRL, he played 7 matches and 2 tries. On 6 October, Tonumaipea was selected the Samoa 24-men squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup campaign. On 11 November in the 2017 Rugby  League World Cup against Scotland national rugby league team, Tonumaipea scored his first international try for Samoa in the 14 all draw at Barlow Park in Cairns and he played at fullback, but Samoa progressing on for-and-against average finals series. He played 4 matches and 1 try in the World Cup tournament. 2018. In May 2018 he announced he would be leaving his club in July, after the State of Origin series, to complete a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over in Germany for two years. 2020. Tonumaipea signed a train and  trial deal with the Gold Coast Titans. He made his debut for the Gold Coast in their 28–23 win against over the Wests Tigers, playing in the centres.