Renouf Atoni

Renouf Atoni

Personal information
Full name	Renouf To'omaga-Atoni
Born	Renouf To'omaga (1995-06-25) 25 June 1995 (age 29) Porirua, New Zealand
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	{rlp
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2018–21 Canterbury Bulldogs 43 3 0 0 12 2022 Sydney Roosters 0 0 0 0 0 2023– Wakefield Trinity 43 9 0 0 36 Total 86 12 0 0 48
Source: [1][2] As of 24 June 2024

Renouf Atoni (né To'omaga; born 25 June 1995) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a Loose forward for Wakefield Trinity in the Super League.

He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Background

Atoni was born in Porirua, New Zealand. He is of Samoan (through Mother) and Tokelauan (through Father) descent.

His junior club was the Porirua Vikings.^[3]

Playing career

2018

Atoni made his NRL debut in Round 10 2018 against the Parramatta Eels.^[4]

On 23 September 2018, Atoni was part of the Canterbury side which defeated Newtown 18-12 in the 2018 Intrust Super Premiership NSW grand final. The following week, To'omaga was part of the Canterbury side which defeated Queensland Cup winners Redcliffe 42-18 in the NRL State Championship final.^[5][6]

2019

On 6 May 2019, Atoni was named in the Canterbury Cup NSW residents team to play against the Queensland residents side.^[7]

2020

In round 2 of the 2020 NRL season, he scored his first try in the NRL as Canterbury-Bankstown were defeated by North Queensland 24-16 in front of an empty ANZ Stadium.^[8]

He made a total of 16 appearances for Canterbury in the 2020 NRL season. The club finished in 15th place on the table, only avoiding the Wooden Spoon by for and against.^[9]

2021

In July 2021, Atoni signed a contract to join the Sydney Roosters starting in 2022.^[10]

2022

Atoni made no appearances for the Sydney Roosters during the 2022 NRL season. Atoni instead featured for the clubs NSW Cup team North Sydney playing a total of 14 matches.^[11] On 30 November, Atoni signed a one-year deal with English side Wakefield Trinity.^[12]

2023

Atoni made his club debut for Wakefield Trinity in their 24-38 loss against the Catalans Dragons in round 1 of the 2023 Super League season.^[13] Atoni played 21 matches for Wakefield Trinity in the Super League XXVIII season as the club finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the RFL Championship which ended their 24-year stay in the top flight.^[14]

2024

In the 2024 RFL Championship season, Atoni would play 28 games in total as the club won the 1895 Cup, the league leaders shield and the RFL Championship grand final.^[15]

References

1. Rugby League Project
2. NRL
3. "From To'omaga to Atoni: The story behind Renouf's name change". Bulldogs.com.au. 19 January 2021.
4. "Round 10 NRL teams:Every team named". Fox Sports. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
5. "NRL Intrust Super Championship". www.nrl.com.
6. "Bulldogs cap grand final win over Jets with on-field prop-osal". www.smh.com.au. 23 September 2018.
7. "NSWRL names Canterbury Cup NSW Residents team". www.nswrl.com.au. 6 May 2019.
8. "Jason Taumalolo man NQ beat Canterbury". www.espn.com. 19 March 2020.
9. "Dogs confirm EIGHT-man clean-out in first glimpse of Barrett era". www.foxsports.com.au. 22 September 2020.
10. "Bulldogs show Origin star the door in big clean-out; Sharks lock in winger: NRL Transfer Centre". www.foxsports.com.au.
11. "Jets swoop late to overrun Bears". www.sharks.com.au. 8 May 2022.
12. "Wakefield Trinity confirm signing of NRL forward". www.seriousaboutrl.com. 30 November 2022.
13. "Super League: Wakefield Trinity 24-38 Catalans Dragons - Tom Johnstone scores debut hat-trick against old club". BBC Sport. 17 February 2023.
14. "Super League: Wakefield Trinity relegated after loss at Leigh Leopards, St Helens and Wigan Warriors win". www.skysports.com.
15. "Jowitt breaks points record as Wakefield cruise to Grand Final win". www.bbc.co.uk. 19 October 2024.

External links

• Bulldogs profile
• From To'omaga to Atoni: The story behind Renouf's name change