Tonegato made her debut for the Australian Women's side in the opening leg of the
2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series in
Dubai in November 2013. She has been a regular on the team since. She switched to rugby league and competed at the
2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup. She has the ability to play on the wing or in the centres. Tonegato was named in the tournament Dream Team for the Amsterdam leg of the Rugby Sevens World Series in May 2015. Representative Honours include New South Wales, NSW Schoolgirls (2013) and the Youth Olympic Festival (2013). Tonegato was a member of
Australia's team at the
2016 Summer Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural sport Olympic gold medal. At the
2017 Australia Day Honours she received the
Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medalist at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Tonegato was named in the
Australia squad for the
Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14-12 in the quarterfinals.
Full details. In 2021, Tonegato signed with the
St George Illawarra Dragons and played 7 games including the NRLW 2021 Grand Final, where they lost 16-4. She also won the
Dally M Medal for best and fairest. In 2022, she re-signed with the Dragons, where she played 6 games, including in the Semi Final against the
Knights. In 2023, she played her debut season at the
Cronulla Sharks in their inaugural season, playing 9 games, and scoring 3 tries. Later that year she played in the first Womens State of Origin 2 game series, playing both games, and scoring 1 try. In 2024, Emma played in Game 1 of the Women's State of Origin series, scoring a try. ==References==