Brandon Paenga-Amosa

Brandon Paenga-Amosa returns to Australian Rugby after a long stint in French Rugby with Montpellier.

Paenga-Amosa worked his way through the system after initially impressing in Shute Shield for Southern Districts.

Strong appearances in the NRC caught the eyes of the Queensland Reds, who convinced the hooker to head north in 2018 after featuring briefly in the Melbourne Rebels wider training squad.

It proved a magical move as Paenga-Amosa was pulling on a gold jersey months later on his starting debut against Ireland.

After making four appearances for the Wallabies in 2018, Paenga-Amosa missed out in 2019 but his return to stellar form in 2020 earned him a recall to the test squad under Dave Rennie.

This attracted the interest of the French giants, with the hooker delivering success to Montpellier in 2022 with the Top 14 title.

Paenga-Amosa is back on selectors' radars after his signing with the Western Force, called into the Wallabies squad to travel to Argentina