Mahe Fonua (born 24 December 1992) is a Tonga international[6] rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or winger for Mackay Cutters in the Queensland Cup.

He has previously played for the Melbourne Storm and the Wests Tigers in the NRL and Hull FC in two separate spells in the Super League.

He played his junior football for the South Eastern Titans in the Melbourne Rugby League, before being signed by the Canberra Raiders.

He was selected to play for his parents' country of origin Tonga on 20 April against Samoa in the Pacific Rugby League International at Penrith Stadium.

[17] Fonua was selected in the Tonga 24 man 2013 Rugby League World Cup squad, playing in 2 of their 3 matches.

On 17 October, he represented Tonga again, this time in their Asia-Pacific Qualifier match against the Cook Islands for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

At the start of the 2018 NRL season, Fonua spent the first few weeks playing for Western Suburbs in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW.

On 15 May, Fonua was demoted to reserve grade for showing up late to training, days after a Man of the Match performance.

Fonua played 17 games for Hull FC in the 2020 Super League season including the club's semi-final loss against Wigan.

On 13 October 2021, Castleford Tigers confirmed the signing of Fonua on an initial one-year deal with the option of a further two years.

[37] On 4 Aug 2023 it was announced that he, along with Bureta Faraimo would join Doncaster RLFC for the remainder of the 2023 season, following the pair's release from Castleford Tigers.