Young Tonumaipea

Yee-Huang "Young" Tonumaipea (born 6 September 1992) is a Samoan professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. A Samoan national representative, he plays at wing.

Background

Born in Apia, Samoa, Tonumaipea moved to Melbourne, Victoria at a young age to play his junior football for the Northern Thunder in the Victoria Rugby League. Tonumaipea attended Roxburgh College and then joined the Melbourne Storm. Tonumaipea played for the Storm's NYC team in 2011 and 2012. At the end of 2012, Tonumaipea won the Storm's NYC Player of the Year award. In 2013, Tonumaipea played for the Storm's New South Wales Cup team the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and was in the Sharks NSW Cup Grand Final winning side that defeated the Windsor Wolves 36-8.

Playing career

2014

In February 2014, Tonumaipea was included in the Storms' 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 the Storms' 23-22 golden point win. In Round 3 against the Newcastle Knights, Tonumaipea scored his first NRL career try in the Storm's 28-20 win at AAMI Park. In Round 6 in a thrilling match against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Tonumaipea scored a try after the siren to win to the game for the Storm 28-24 after overcoming a 24-10 deficit in the 2nd half at AAMI Park. 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 Storm for a further 2 years, keeping him at the club till the end of the 2016 season. Tonumaipea finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 14 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Storm in the 2014 NRL season.

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Ben Hampton

Ben Hampton (born 29 February 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. He plays at five-eighth, halfback and fullback.

Early life

Born in Temora, New South Wales, Hampton went to Temora West Public School until year 6 and played junior rugby league for the Temora Dragons. When his family moved to North Queensland he attended Mareeba State High School and played his junior football for the Mareeba Gladiators. Hampton was signed by National Rugby League club the Melbourne Storm and put into a development program. Hampton played for the Storm in the Toyota Cup and represented Queensland at under-15, under-16 and under-18 level. In 2012 Hampton was promoted to the Melbourne Storm's full-time squad and selected to captain the Maroons in the inaugural U20 State of Origin match.

Playing career

2013

Hampton made an outstanding first grade debut in Round 15 of the 2013 NRL season against the Gold Coast Titans where he scored the Storm's two tries, made an impressive try saving tackle on Ashley Harrison, was heavily involved in the match despite taking a number of heavy hits from larger opponents, and took on a kicking role after usual playmaker Gareth Widdop was stretchered from the field in the Storms 18-12 loss at Cbus Super Stadium. In Round 18 against the Canterbury-Bulldogs Hampton played his second and final match for the Storm in the 39-0 loss at ANZ Stadium. Hampton played 2 NRL matches and scored 2 tries for the Storm in the 2013 NRL season. Hampton mostly played for the Storms feeder teams in the NSW and QLD Cup the Cronulla Sharks and Eastern Suburbs Tigers.