Tuimoala Lolohea

Tuimoala Lolohea (born 23 January 1995) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a stand-off or fullback for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He has played for both New Zealand and Tonga at international level.

Lolohea previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL). He also played for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League, and spent time on loan from Leeds Rhinos at Salford during the 2019 Super League season. He has also played as a scrum-half, winger and centre in his career.

Lolohea was born in Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand, and is of Tongan and Pākehā descent.^{[citation needed]}

A Marist Saints junior, Lolohea is of Tongan descent and signed with the New Zealand Warriors in 2013, playing in all 28 matches in the Holden Cup. Lolohea was named the Warriors' 2013 NYC Young Player of the Year and also played for the Junior Kiwis that year. He attended Kelston Boys’ High School.

In February, Lolohea was selected in the Warriors' 2014 NRL Auckland Nines squad. He started the season playing for the Warriors NSW Cup squad.

Lolohea made his first grade debut in round 20 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, playing off the interchange bench in the Warriors 22-12 loss at Mt Smart Stadium after halfback Shaun Johnson was ruled out with injury. Lolohea played in the 2014 Holden Cup Grand Final, won by the Junior Warriors 34-32 over the Junior Brisbane Broncos.

Lolohea was again named in the Warriors' Auckland Nines squad. In Round 3 against the Parramatta Eels, Lolohea scored his first NRL try in the Warriors 29-16 win at Mt Smart Stadium. On 2 May, he played fullback for Tonga against Samoa in the Polynesian Cup, in Tonga's 18-16 loss at Cbus Super Stadium. In round 18, against the Melbourne Storm, Lolohea scored one of the best tries of the 2015 season when he finished a sensational team effort; Nathan Friend was upended and displayed his best acrobatic moves when he chased a Chad Townsend bomb kick and delivered a stunning back flip pass to Sam Tomkins, the ball passed between further Warriors before Lolohea scored in the corner. Lolohea finished the season with 23 matches, 11 tries and 13 goals, while mid-season his contract was extended until the end of 2018.

Lolohea was selected in the final 23-man squad for the New Zealand Kiwis' tour of Great Britain. After injuries to Kieran Foran and Shaun Johnson, the Kiwis were forced to search for a new halves pairing. Lolohea had recently been playing in the halfback role for the Warriors so he was chosen by Kearney to play at halfback with Peta Hiku. Many people were questioning the inexperience of the halves pairing but it was revealed by Stephen Kearney that the two had been training together in secret during the NRL finals to become better adapted to the situation. He played halfback in the first test against England, in the 26-12 loss at KC Stadium, but was not selected for any further games in the series.