He's Back! Tongan Thor Scores Rampaging Try

Publish Date
Friday, 5 June 2015, 10:02AM

New Zealand high school rugby sensation Taniela Tupou has gone viral again after scoring this devastating try during the Brisbane club rugby competition last weekend.

Tupou, known as the Tongan Thor, helped his Brothers club to victory over Sunnybank, fending off four defenders to score after getting the ball 30 metres from the tryline.

Tupou, 19, rose to prominence with Auckland's Sacred Heart College last year when footage of him scoring a hat-trick for the First XV went viral on YouTube.

He has since represented the Pacific Barbarians in an exhibition match against Tonga, alongside former All Blacks scrumhalf Justin Marshall.

The 135kg prop is now a squad member of the Queensland Reds Super Rugby team.

 

 

NZHerald

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