Jorge Taufua () (born 23 October 1991) is a professional rugby league footballer who last played as a winger for Bradford Bulls in the Championship. He has played for both Tonga and Samoa at international level.
He is currently playing rugby union for Bradford Salem RFC
Taufua has previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL and for the New South Wales City side.
Taufua was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia to a Tongan father and a New Zealand mother of Samoan descent. Jorge has 12 siblings including his "half" siblings from his father's side, most of them were born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
Taufua played his junior football for the Toongabbie Tigers and Wentworthville Magpies whilst attending The Hills Sports High School before being signed by the Parramatta Eels.
Taufua played for the Eels' Toyota Cup (Under-20s) team in 2010.
In 2011, Taufua signed with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. He played for the Sea Eagles' Toyota Cup team in 2011 before moving on to the Sea Eagles' NSW Cup reserve-grade team in 2012.
In round 4 of the 2012 NRL season, Manly Warringah head coach Geoff Toovey selected Taufua to make his NRL debut from the interchange bench for Manly Warringah against the St George Illawarra Dragons but he didn't get on the field in the club's 6-17 loss at Kogarah Oval.
In round 5 against the Parramatta Eels, Taufua made his official NRL debut for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles on the wing and scored a try in Manly's 29-20 loss at Parramatta Stadium.
Since being selected on the wing, Taufua established himself as Manly's left winger, replacing long time winger, and 2008 NRL Grand Final hero, Michael Robertson, who had left the club. On 20 June 2012, Taufua re-signed with the club for two years to the end of the 2014 season.
While some considered Taufua unlucky to miss out on the Rookie of the Year award for his impressive debut season, it was towards the end of the season and during the finals series that Taufua's potential became fully evident.
Despite many of his teammates showing the effects of a season crippled by injuries and off-field dramas, Taufua produced a string of astonishing performances, including a man-of-the-match performance in Manly-Warringah's 22-12 semi final win over the North Queensland Cowboys.
Unfortunately for Taufua, and Manly, they saved their worst performance of the season for the Preliminary Final against the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park just a week after defeating North Queensland 22-12 at SFS.
Manly-Warringah bumbled and fumbled their way through a savage 40-12 loss to the eventual NRL premiers. Taufua finished his debut year in the [NRL with him being named the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2012 NRL season rookie of the year with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 10 tries. On 19 October 2012, Taufua was charged with assault for allegedly spitting at a Queensland Police officer at a night club on the Gold Coast. Taufua was then banned in court from entering any licensed venues in Queensland. As a result, a special court hearing was needed (held on 7 March 2013) to allow him to play for Manly-Warringah in their opening match of the 2013 NRL season against the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium, which is a licensed venue. The outcome of the hearing saw a variation to the original ruling. While still banned from entering any licensed venues, Taufua was allowed into such venues for the purposes of his employment as a professional rugby league footballer.
Taufua started 2013 with well by scoring 7 tries in the first 5 matches, including a hat-trick in Manly's 32-0 win over the Newcastle Knights at Brookvale Oval in round 2.
In April 2014, Taufua earned his first representative selection when he played on the wing for NSW City Origin in their 18-12 loss to NSW Country Origin in Coffs Harbour. Taufua's form on the wing for Manly also saw him spoken as a possible selection for New South Wales in the State of Origin series, though he ultimately missed selection.
Taufua played on the wing in Manly's 26-18 Grand Final loss to the Sydney Roosters scoring the first try in the match.
Taufua finished the 2013 NRL season with him played 26 matches and being Manly's joint top tryscorer with David Williams on 20 tries.