Tommy Talau

Tommy Talau is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth and centre for the Wests Tigers in the NRL.

Tommy was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is the son of former New Zealand and Samoan international, Willie Talau.

Tommy played his junior rugby league for the Moorebank Rams. He attended Westfields Sports High School and joined the junior ranks of the Canterbury Bulldogs. In 2018 he captained the Bulldogs' Under-18 team in the grand final of the S. G. Ball Cup. In the same year he was selected in the Australian Schoolboys rugby league team. At the end of the 2018 season he moved from the Bulldogs to the Wests Tigers, signing a development contract.

Talau made his first-grade debut starting at centre in round 22 of the 2019 NRL season for the Wests Tigers in their 32-12 loss against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval.He became the first player born in the 2000s to play for the Tigers.