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Brandon Tumeth

Brandon Tumeth
Personal information
Full nameBrandon Tumeth
Born (2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 (age 21)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2023– Wests Tigers 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Brandon Tumeth (born 20 April 2003) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Background

Tumeth played his junior rugby league for the Concord-Burwood Wolves.[2] He also played for Holy Cross in the NRL Schoolboys Cup.[3]

After playing in the junior representative competitions with the Balmain Tigers as captain of the S. G. Ball Cup team in 2021, he would represent City in an Under 18s representative match against Country in 2021.[4]

Playing career

Tumeth was signed by the Wests Tigers in 2021, He played for New South Wales in the Under 19s State of Origin match in June 2022,[5] and was added to the Future Blues camp at the end of the 2022 season.[6]

He made his first grade debut for the Wests Tigers in his side's 14–12 loss to the Newcastle Knights at Leichhardt Oval in round 2 of the 2023 NRL season.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ "New South Wales U19s Player Profile: Brandon Tumeth". www.theinnersanctum.com.au. 21 June 2022.
  3. ^ Airth, Jocelyn; Sutherland, Robert (5 February 2021). "SG Ball: The young stars on the brink of breaking into the NRL". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, New South Wales: Nationwide News Pty Ltd.
  4. ^ Lulham, Amanda (12 May 2021). "Who are the U16, U18 players to watch in City v Country rugby league matches". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, New South Wales: Nationwide News Pty Ltd.
  5. ^ "Wests Tigers Podcast Player Profile – Brandon Tumeth". www.weststigerspodcast.com.au. 9 October 2022.
  6. ^ Carayannis, Michael (1 January 2022). "MAGUIRE'S MEN START SEASON UNDER THE GUN - WESTS TIGERS". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, New South Wales: Nationwide News Pty Ltd.
  7. ^ "The Late Mail: Wests Tigers v Knights". League Unlimited. 12 March 2023.
  8. ^ Nicolussi, Christian (12 March 2023). "Unlucky thirteen for Tigers, Hastings". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited. p. 43.