Joseph Tramontana

Joseph "Joey" Tramontana (born 15 February 1997) is an Italy international rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles for the Intrust Super Premiership.

Joey Tramontana
Personal information
Full nameJoseph Tramontana
Born (1997-02-15) 15 February 1997
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
Playing information
PositionHooker
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Italy 10 4 0 0 16
Source: [1]
As of 30 October 2022

He represented Italy at the 2017 World Cup.

Early years

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Tramontana is of Italian descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Marconi Mustangs and attended Patrician Brothers College. He played for Patrician Brothers in the 2014 GIO Schoolboy Cup, winning the Peter Sterling Medal as player of the tournament.[2]

Playing career

Early career

Tramontana played in the Parramatta Eels' Harold Matthews Cup team, and represented NSW at under-16 level in 2013.[3] From 2016 to 2017, Tramontana played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Youth Competition, captaining the team in 2017.[4]

In 2016, Tramontana represented Italy in their World Cup qualifying campaign. The following year, he played in their 2017 World Cup squad.[5]

References
  1. "Joey Tramontana". Rugby League Project.
  2. Pearce, Elisha (19 September 2014). "Patrician Brothers fall to Endeavour in grand final". Hawkesbury Gazette. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. "Skipper savours the joy of crushing Queensland". Fairfield City Champion. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  4. "Holden Cup round 2 previews". 8 March 2017.
  5. "Full squads for every team at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup". News.com.au. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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