Trent Loiero

Trent Loiero (born 27 February 2001) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL.

Trent Loiero
Personal information
Born (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001
Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021– Melbourne Storm 29 4 0 0 16
Source: [1]
As of 6 April 2023

Background

Loiero played his junior rugby league for the Kawana Dolphins and attended Mountain Creek State High School, Sunshine Coast before being signed by the Melbourne Storm.[2] Loiero is of Italian descent.[3]

Playing career

In 2018 and 2019, Loiero played for the Sunshine Coast Falcons Mal Meninga Cup and Hastings Deering Colts sides.[4][5] On 5 June 2019, he played for Queensland under-18 in their 34–12 win over New South Wales.[6] Later in 2019, he made his Queensland Cup debut for the Falcons.[7] On 20 September 2019, he scored a try for the Falcons in their Hastings Deering Colts Grand Final win over the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.[8]

In February 2020, Loiero played for the Storm at the 2020 NRL Nines in Perth.[9] On 22 February 2020, he played in the Storm's pre-season trial against the New Zealand Warriors in Palmerston North.[10]

2021

In Round 4 of the 2021 NRL season, Loiero made his NRL debut for the Melbourne club against the Brisbane Broncos. He had his debut jersey (cap 212) presented to him by Ryan Hinchcliffe.[11]

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Why 2021 can be a breakout year for Trent Loiero". Sunshine Coast Daily. 25 February 2021.
  3. Walter, Brad (23 March 2022). "League of nations:Stars representing 40 countries". NRL.com.
  4. "Auswide Bank Mal Meninga Cup player of the year". QRL. 3 October 2019.
  5. "My goal is to play more Intrust Super Cup". QRL. 7 February 2020.
  6. "Queensland Under 18 team named". QRL. 26 May 2019.
  7. "Teenager poised for debut in Queensland Cup". Queensland Times. 19 July 2019.
  8. "Smoothy stars in Falcons' Grand Final victory". 18th Man. 29 September 2019.
  9. "Storm opts for youth in NRL Nines squad". Melbourne Storm. 11 February 2020.
  10. "Final Squad - Storm v Warriors". Melbourne Storm. 20 February 2020.
  11. "Round 4 Late Mail: Storm, Broncos finalise teams". Melbourne Storm. 2 April 2021.
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