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Joseph Tapine
Tapine playing for the Knights in 2015.
Personal information
Born (1994-05-04) 4 May 1994 (age 30)
Wellington, New Zealand
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–15 Newcastle Knights 20 1 0 0 4
2016– Canberra Raiders 7 0 0 0 0
Total 27 1 0 0 4
Source: [1]
As of 30 April 2016

Joseph Tapine (born 4 May 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row and previously played for the Newcastle Knights. He has been described as having "a skill-set reminiscent of a young Sonny Bill Williams."[3]

Background

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Tapine played his junior rugby league for the Harbour City Eagles, before joining the Wellington Orcas in the New Zealand Rugby League National Competition.

Playing career

Early career

In 2013, Tapine joined the Newcastle Knights on a 1-year contract before re-signing for a further 3 years during the year.[4] He played for the Knights' NYC team in 2013 and 2014.[5] On 13 October 2013, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos.[6]

2014

In Round 9 of the 2014 NRL season, Tapine made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Penrith Panthers.[7][8] He finished off his debut year in the NRL, having played in 7 games for the Knights.[9] On 2 September, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year.[10] On 18 October, he again played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos.[11][12][13]

2015

Tapine improved on his previous season, playing 13 games and scoring 1 try in the 2015 season.[14] On 27 September, he played in the Knights' 2015 New South Wales Cup Grand Final win over the Wyong Roos.[15][16]

2016

On 11 February, Tapine signed a 3-year contract with the Canberra Raiders starting in 2017,[17][18] however, on 23 February, the Knights agreed to release him from the remainder of his contract, freeing him to join the Raiders immediately.[19][20] In Round 3, he made his Raiders debut against the Knights, playing off the interchange bench.[21][22]

References

  1. ^ "Joseph Tapine - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  2. ^ "Knights rookies star against Goannas - NRL.com". nrl.com. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  3. ^ Paul Crawley (25 February 2016). "Joseph Tapine has been warmly welcomed by teammates on first day of training". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. ^ "KNIGHTS INSIDER - Wayne Bennett - Knights". newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  5. ^ "T". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  6. ^ "Nine Warriors in Junior Kiwis squad". NRL.com. 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  7. ^ "NRL 2014 - Round 9". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  8. ^ "LATE MAIL: Knights v Panthers - Knights". newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  9. ^ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  10. ^ "Holden Cup Team Of The Year Announced". Rugbyleagueweek.com.au. 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  11. ^ "2014 JUNIOR KIWIS TEAM ANNOUNCED". Rugbyleagueweek.com.au. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  12. ^ "Junior Kiwis confirm line-up". Warriors.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  13. ^ "Umbraco 4.5.1 - no pages found". Nzrl.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  14. ^ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  15. ^ "VB NSW Cup Grand Final Team List". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  16. ^ Brett Keeble. "Newcastle Knights extend Clint Newton's career with NSW Cup win over Wyong Roos". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  17. ^ "Tapine heads to Canberra on monster offer". Zero Tackle. 2015-08-02. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  18. ^ Adrian Proszenko (2015-12-22). "Joseph Tapine tipped to leave Newcastle immediately after signing with Raiders". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  19. ^ "Raiders sign Joseph Tapine". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  20. ^ 39m ago (2016-01-20). "Joseph Tapine heading to Canberra Raiders after standoff with Newcastle resolved". Canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 2016-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ "UPDATED: Round 3 NRL team lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  22. ^ NRL. "NRL Late Mail: Raiders v Knights". Raiders. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
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