Asipeli Fine

Asipeli Fine
Personal information
Born (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre, Second-row, Wing

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–16 Wests Tigers 3 0 0 0 0
2016–18 Canterbury Bulldogs 10 0 0 0 0
Total 13 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Tonga 1 1 0 0 4
As of 4 March 2018
Source: [1]

Asipeli Fine (born 26 October 1992) is a Tongan international rugby league footballer who plays for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. He plays as a centre, second-row and winger. He previously played for the Wests Tigers.

Background

Fine was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He attended Waverley College.[2] He played his junior rugby league for the Mascot Jets, before being signed by the Sydney Roosters.

Playing career

Early career

From 2009 to 2012, Fine played for the Sydney Roosters' NYC team.[3][4] In 2012, he joined the Wests Tigers NYC team mid-season,[5] before graduating to their New South Wales Cup team in 2013.[6]

2014

On 2 May, Fine was 18th man for Tonga against Samoa.[7] On 19 August, he re-signed with the Tigers on a 2-year contract.[8] Less than a fortnight later, he made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the Canberra Raiders.[9][10] He finished his debut season in the NRL having played in 2 games.[11] On 21 September, he was named at centre in the 2014 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[12]

2015

In September 2015, Fine was named in Tonga's 58-man train-on squad for their match against the Cook Islands.[13]

2016

In Round 9 of the 2016 NRL season, Fine made a return to the Tigers' NRL side after not playing a first-grade game in 2015.[14] On 2 June, he joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs mid-season on a contract to the end of 2018.[15] He made his Bulldogs debut in Round 16 against the Brisbane Broncos.[16]

2018

In August of 2018, it was announced by Canterbury that Fine was one of the players being released at seasons end. In September of 2018, Canterbury held mad monday celebrations at The Harbour View Hotel in Sydney's CBD. Later in the evening, photographs provided by the media showed Canterbury players being heavily intoxicated, stripping naked and vomiting in the street. Fine was handed a $25,000 fine (including $10,000 suspended) by Canterbury after nude images of the player appeared in the media. Fine was also handed a notice to attend court for wilful and obscene exposure.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "Asipeli Fine - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1992-10-26. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ↑ "NSWCIS Rugby League News and heaps of stuff". Ourfootyteam.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. ↑ "F". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  4. ↑ "Asipeli Fine player results, scores, news and statistics". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  5. ↑ "Toyota Cup Grand Final Team Lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  6. ↑ NRL. "Vb Nsw Cup Team Lists - Round Nineteen". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  7. ↑ Posted: 27 April 2015 by Triple M NRL (2015-04-27). "TEAM LISTS: Tonga, Fiji Bati, Papua New Guinea Teams For 2015 Representative Round | Triple M NRL". Triplem.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  8. ↑ NRL. "Wests Tigers re-sign young guns - Tigers". weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  9. ↑ "NRL 2014 - Round 25". Rugby League Project. 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  10. ↑ NRL. "Late Changes: NRL Round 25 - Tigers". weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  11. ↑ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  12. ↑ NRL. "2014 VB NSW Cup Team of the Year". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  13. ↑ "Tonga name 58-man squad for Cook Islands qualifier". The Roar. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  14. ↑ "Updated team lists: Rabbitohs v Tigers". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  15. ↑ "Bulldogs sign Asipeli Fine". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  16. ↑ "Updated team lists: Bulldogs v Broncos". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  17. ↑ https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2018/08/27/join-us-on-sunday-to-say-farewell-to-our-departing-players/
  18. ↑ https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/nrl-canterbury-bulldogs-charged-by-police-after-mad-monday-celebrations/1ff918e3-75df-4d85-b2ab-c4a7ecc4c6d7
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