Jamie-Jerry Taulagi

JJ Taulagi
Birth name Jamie-Jerry Taulagi
Date of birth (1993-06-18) 18 June 1993
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
School St Kentigern College, Auckland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback, Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014−2015
2016−		 Queensland Country
Munakata Sanix Blues		 9
11		 (30)
(29)
Correct as of 15 January 2017
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2016
2017		 Queensland Reds
Sunwolves		 10
7		 (5)
(11)
Correct as of 15 July 2017
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017 Samoa 1 (0)
Correct as of 25 November 2017

Jamie-Jerry Taulagi (born 18 June 1993) is a professional rugby union footballer of Samoan heritage. His usual position is fullback or wing. He has played for the Queensland Reds and Sunwolves teams in Super Rugby.[1][2]

Early life

Taulagi was born in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] As a junior rugby player he was selected in the Auckland East team which won the Roller Mills Shield in 2006.[3] He attended De La Salle College from 2005 to 2010 where he was part of the 1st XV in 2009 that played in the Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament. Taulagi then attended St Kentigern College and played for the 1st XV rugby team which won the Auckland 1A Championship in 2011.[4] He moved to Brisbane, Australia in 2012.[5]

Rugby career

Taulagi joined the University of Queensland Rugby Club and played for the Premier Rugby team that won the Hospital Cup in 2012.[5][6] He was invited into the ARU's National Academy and selected to play in an Under-19 match for Queensland against New South Wales in October 2012.[7] In August 2013, he signed a foreign development player contract with the Queensland Reds,[1][8] where he made 10 appearances in three seasons.[2]

He moved to Japan in 2016 to ply for Munakata Sanix Blues in the Top League and later signed with the Sunwolves for the 2017 season.[2]

Taulagi was selected in the Samoa national squad for their 2017 end-of-year tour.[9] In England, he joined Devon club Newton Abbot RFC in a bid to win a contract with Exeter Chiefs for the 2017–18 season.[9]

Personal life

Taulagi's younger brother, Murray, currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys Holden Cup side and will join their NRL squad in 2018.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Morton, Jim (30 August 2012). "Reds' Mr Reliable Schatz rewarded". NineMSN. Archived from the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sunwolves sign Jamie-Jerry Taulagi for Super Rugby 2017". Ultimate Rugby. 28 February 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "2006 NRM Champion Team". Roller Mills Rugby. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Maddaford, Terry (17 August 2011). "College sport: Underdogs Rosmini eye more silverware". New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. 1 2 Tucker, Jim (24 September 2012). "Luke Morahan shows his class as University beats Sunnybank 46-20 in Queensland Premier Rugby grand final". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "University win 2012 Hospital Cup". Queensland Rugby. 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "National Academy U19 match at Ballymore on Saturday". Queensland Rugby. 5 October 2012. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Tucker, Jim (30 August 2013). "Injury-prone Waratahs winger Lachie Turner close to signing with Queensland Reds". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  9. 1 2 MacLean, Keith (6 October 2017). "Super League player starts for Newton". Newton Abbot RFC. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017.
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