JJ Felise

JJ Felise
Personal information
Full name Jacob Junior Felise
Born (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996
Logan City, Queensland, Australia
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 Wests Tigers 13 0 0 0 0
2018 Newcastle Knights 2 0 0 0 0
Total 15 0 0 0 0
As of 3 August 2018
Source: [1]

JJ Felise (born 15 February 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. His position is prop. He previously played for the Wests Tigers and Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.

Background

Born in Logan City, Queensland, Felise is of Samoan descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Logan Brothers and attended Keebra Park State High School, before signing with the Wests Tigers as a teenager.

Felise was formerly known as Jacob Junior Felise.[2]

Playing career

Early career

While attending Keebra Park, Felise was a member of their 2013 ARL Schoolboy Cup winning side and represented the Queensland Schoolboys in 2013 and 2014.[3][4][5] In 2015 and 2016, he played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team, playing in 21 games in 2015.[6][7]

2016

In January 2016, Felise was named in the Queensland Academy of Sport under-20s squad.[8] In round 7 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the Melbourne Storm.[9][10] Coach Jason Taylor said his debut was, "was a tough game that went into extra time and he just didn’t look out of place for a second, which when you stop and think about it, is an incredible thing for a prop on debut against that pack."[11] On 1 June, he re-signed with the Tigers on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018.[12] He played in 8 games for the season, all from the interchange bench.[13]

2017

Suffering some recurring injuries and a lengthy stint in reserve grade, Felise only made 5 NRL appearances for the season.[14]

2018

Ahead of round 16 of the 2018 season, Felise joined the Newcastle Knights effective immediately after not being able to break into the Tigers' NRL side all season.[15] After spending some time in the Knights' reserve grade side, he made his club debut in round 21 against his former team the Wests Tigers.[16] He went on to play one more NRL match for the Knights,[17] before parting ways at the end of the season.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "JJ Felise - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ↑ "Young guns to make NRL debuts - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  3. ↑ "JJ Felise - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  4. ↑ "2013". NYC DATABASE. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "ASSRL 18 Years Championships". QRL. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  6. ↑ "F". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  7. ↑ "NYC Team Announcement: Round 1 vs. Warriors - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  8. ↑ "Broncos young guns dominate QAS U20s". QRL. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  9. ↑ "Updated team lists: Wests Tigers v Storm". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  10. ↑ "Late Changes: NRL Round 7 vs. Storm - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  11. ↑ Dan Talintyre. "Making the Leap: JJ Felise". weststigers.com.au.
  12. ↑ "Wests Tigers secure JJ Felise". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  13. ↑ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  14. ↑ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Tigers confirm Felise release, Clark signing - Zero Tackle". 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  16. ↑ "Late Mail: Ponga playing as Brown confirms final 17". 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  17. ↑ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  18. ↑ TOOHEY, BARRY (6 October 2018). "COLUMN - Toohey's News – Eels veteran Jennings in Knights sights". Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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