Starspot Profile: T’Keyah Leong-Thompson

STARSPOT PROFILE NAME: T’Keyah Leong-Thompson

BIRTHPLACE: Brisbane, Australia
PNG ORIGIN: Kavieng, New Ireland
POSITION: Second Row, Lock
CLUB IN 2017: Souths Logan
REP HONOURS: School Rep Team and QLD PNG Kokomos
FAVOURITE SPORTSPERSON: Is it bad he is a Tennis Player? Haha… Novak Djokovic. If we’re talking footy, Jonathon Thurston.
FAVOURITE NRL TEAM: Anyone but the Broncos haha…
MAROONS OR BLUES: Blues
FAVOURITE FOOD: Ahh..hmm…Mum and My Aunts cooking especially their Chinese and Island food dishes
FAVOURITE MUSICIAN: Too many to name but Beyoncé would be a long running fave.
FAVOURITE TV SHOW: 2 Broke Girls
FAVOURITE MOVIE: Happy Gilmore
FAVOURITE ACTOR: Adam Sandler or Channing Tatum
FAVOURITE ACTRESS: Sandra Bullock
IF YOU WERE STRANDED ON AN ISLAND WHO WOULD THAT PERSON BE?: Probably my mother
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR CAREER?: My mother who has always been there from the moment she knew her daughter could play. To push and support me in a sport she never thought I’d play.
THOUGHTS ON & EXPERIENCE PLAYING WITH KOKOMOS WOMENS IN QPICC 2016:
It’s an experience like no other. To see it start in 2015 with a bunch of women who had never played to last year’s event, I can say the experience was greater because we kept some (more experienced teams) on their feet.
THOUGHTS ON QLD PNG RUGBY LEAGUE ORGANISATION: I believe they are doing the best job they can with the amount of young teens, Men & Women involved here. Can honestly say I appreciate the opportunity they have created for all of us to continue playing.