Carlos Tuimavave

Carlos Tuimavave (born 10 January 1992) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or stand-off for Hull F.C. in the Super League.

Carlos Tuimavave
Personal information
Born (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992
Auckland, New Zealand
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight14 st 11 lb (94 kg)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–14 New Zealand Warriors 9 2 0 0 8
2015 Newcastle Knights 5 1 0 0 4
2016– Hull F.C. 123 40 0 0 160
Total 137 43 0 0 172
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–15 Samoa 3 1 0 0 4
As of 17 December 2020
Source: [1][2]

He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.

Background

Tuimavave was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and is of Samoan and European descent.

He played his junior football for the Mount Wellington Warriors while attending St. Patricks School and Sacred Heart College, both in east Auckland.[3]

Tuimavave is a cousin of former New Zealand Warriors, Newcastle Knights and Hull Kingston Rovers player, Evarn Tuimavave, and nephew of former New Zealand and Samoan internationals, Tony Tuimavave and Paddy Tuimavave.[4]

Playing career

Early career

When he was 16, Tuimavave moved to Sydney, Australia after being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[5] Becoming homesick, he was offered the chance to join the New Zealand Warriors NYC squad in 2010.

Tuimavave playing for the Junior Warriors in 2011

From 2010 to 2012, he played for the Warriors' NYC team,[6] playing in both the Warriors' 2010 and 2011 Grand Final victories. Forming a halves partnership with Shaun Johnson, Tuimavave was named the Man of the Match in the 2010 Grand Final and also won the Warriors' Young NYC Player of the Year award.[3] In October 2010, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos.[3][7][8] On 30 August 2011, he was named at five-eighth in the 2011 NYC Team of the Year.[9] On 16 October 2011, he captained the Junior Kiwis.[10] In 2012, he became the club's sixth player to appear in 50 NYC matches.[11]

2012

In Round 22 of the 2012 NRL season, Tuimavave made his NRL debut for the Warriors against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, becoming the 177th player to play for the Warriors.[12] He came on the field after 20 minutes filling in for the injured five-eighth, James Maloney. On 21 August 2012, he was named at five-eighth in the 2012 NYC Team of the Year.[13] On 13 October 2012, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos for the third time.[14] At the end of 2012, he was named one of the top ten young players of 2012 in an article by Lifestyle Uncut.[15]

2013

In 2013, Tuimavave elected to play for Samoa at senior level and made his international debut in their Pacific Rugby League International clash against Tonga in Penrith.

2014

In May 2014, Tuimavave played for Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International. He scored a try in Samoa's 32-16 test-match win. In June 2014, he signed a 2-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2015.[16] On 8 September 2014, he was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations,[17] but didn't make the final 24-man squad.

2015

On 2 May, Tuimavave played for Samoa against Tonga in the 2015 Polynesian Cup.[18] In Round 12 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his Knights debut against his former club, the New Zealand Warriors.[19] On 25 July, it was confirmed that Tuimavave would be heading off to play in England next season for Super League side Hull F.C.[20] On 27 September, he played in the Knights' 2015 New South Wales Cup Grand Final win over the Wyong Roos.[21][22]

2016

Tuimavave was given the number 3 shirt for the Hull F.C. side in the 2016 season. He began his Hull FC career in a 60-20 friendly win over the Hull Kingston Rovers.[23]

On 27 August, he would go on to make history as he played in the Challenge Cup Final for Hull F.C. against Warrington Wolves. Hull, having never won at Wembley Stadium in 8 attempts had to come back from 10-0 down with 20 minutes to go to win the game 12-10, giving him his first major trophy and going down in the history books as part of the first Hull team to win at Wembley.[24][25]

2017

On 26 August 2017, Tuimavave won the Challenge Cup for a second year in a row in Hull's 18-14 win over the Wigan Warriors at Wembley Stadium.[26]

Honours

Newcastle Knights

Hull FC

References
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  2. "Carlos Tuimavave - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120711041235/http://www.warriors.co.nz/playerprofiledisplay/Warriors/Carlos-Tuimavave/2759. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Aaron Lawton (2012-05-05). "Rugby, league family ties boost fledglings". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  5. Ben Stanley (2012-08-04). "Home is sweet for Carlos, and so is his senior debut". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  6. "has been shutdown". Rleague.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  7. "NZRL". NZRL.co.nz. 2010-10-06. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20130130142458/http://www.rleague.com/content/article.php?id=45763. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "Toyota Cup Team of the Year". NRL.com. 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  10. "NZRL". NZRL.co.nz. 2011-10-16. Archived from the original on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  11. "No changes for Junior Warriors". Voxy.co.nz. 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  12. http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/news/article/-/14416793/milestones-and-another-debutant-for-warriors/. Retrieved July 31, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. "Toyota Cup Team of the Year". NRL.com. 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  14. "Junior Kiwis Squad announced - Canterbury Rugby League". Foxsportspulse.com. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  15. "The Top 10 Youngsters From The NRL You'd Like To See In Super League by Chris Taylor of Lifestyle Uncut". Lifestyleuncut.com. 2012-09-23. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  16. David Long (2014-06-29). "Carlos Tuimavave is off to Newcastle Knights". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  17. "Samoa train on squad announced | NRL". Zerotackle.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  18. "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  19. "Late Mail: Warriors v Knights - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  20. "Tuimavave heading to Hull". superleague.co.uk. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  21. "VB NSW Cup Grand Final Team List". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  22. Brett Keeble. "Newcastle Knights extend Clint Newton's career with NSW Cup win over Wyong Roos". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  23. "The Official Hull FC Website". Hullfc.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  24. "Hull FC's Jamie Shaul's late try takes Challenge Cup away from Warrington". Guardian. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  25. "Challenge Cup final: Hull FC 12-10 Warrington Wolves". BBC. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  26. "Hull FC 18-14 Wigan recap as the Black and Whites claim back-to-back Challenge Cup triumphs". Mirror. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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