Video: ‘Tongan Thor’ Signs For Reds

Remember New Zealand high school rugby sensation Taniela Tupou? Well he’s just signed a Super 15 deal that will see him will join the Reds in 2015, committing to the club for at least two years. Commonly referred to as the ‘Tongan Thor’, Tupou turned heads in May when a video of him scoring a hat-trick for Auckland’s Sacred Heart College First XV went viral. He has since represented the Pacific Barbarians in an exhibition match against Tonga, alongside former All Blacks scrumhalf Justin Marshall. The 135kg, 18-year-old prop grew up in Tonga, but joined Sacred Heart College on a scholarsh…