Joseph Tapine

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Joseph Tapine
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Tapine playing for the Knights in 2015.
Personal information
Nickname Joe[1]
Born (1994-05-04) 4 May 1994 (age 29)
Wellington, New Zealand
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–15 Newcastle Knights 20 1 0 0 4
2016– Canberra Raiders 10 2 0 0 8
Total 30 3 0 0 12
As of 30 May 2016
Source: [2]

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

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External links

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