Ukuma Ta’ai signs for ambitious club Newcastle Thunder

Correspondent 05 Feb 2021 8:16 PM

Tonga international Ukuma Ta’ai is joining ambitious Championship club Newcastle Thunder for the 2021 season following his release by Huddersfield.

The 34-year-old former New Zealand Warriors forward scored 48 tries in 194 appearances for the Giants over nine years and was in the team that won the Super League League Leaders’ Shield in 2013. He has won 10 caps for Tonga.

Thunder director of rugby Denis Betts said: “Ukuma is a big statement signing for us as a club.

“He is a high-quality Super League player and he is going to add a great deal to our squad.

“He is a devastating back-row with great ability to break open a game and will be an enforcer for us in the forwards.

“With massive amounts of experience it is a big statement that a player like him has chosen to come to Thunder and I’m looking forward to him arriving.”

⚡️NEW SIGNING⚡️ A “giant” signing for Thunder as we welcome Ukuma Ta’ai for 2021 #RugbyLeague https://t.co/QXl6ejQG9Q

— Newcastle Thunder (@ThunderRugby) February 5, 2021

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