Junior Tia-Kilifi

Junior Tia-Kilifi
Personal information
Born (1988-04-24) 24 April 1988
Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre, Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009 Penrith Panthers 8 4 0 0 16
2010 Canterbury Bulldogs 2 2 0 0 8
Total 10 6 0 0 24
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006 Samoa 1 0 0 0 0
As of 10 November 2011
Source: [1][2]

Junior Tia-Kilifi (JTK) (born 24 April 1988) is a Samoan international rugby league player who played for the Penrith Panthers, and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. He is a . Tia-Kilifi usually plays on the wing or as a centre. He attended Chifley College in Mt Druitt, and St Dominics College in Penrith, and played for the school team.[3] Tia-Kilifi played his junior footy for the Minchinbury Jets.

Background

Tia-Kilifi was born in Auckland, New Zealand.

Playing career

Tia-Kilifi made his debut with the Penrith Panthers in 2009, but left the club at the end of the season to sign a two-year contract with the Bulldogs, commencing at the start of the 2010 season.[4]

Since joining the Bulldogs, Tia-Kilifi mostly played for their feeder side in the NSW Cup. At the end of the 2011 season, he moved back to the Panthers in a one-year contract.[5] He then renewed his contract for another season.

In 2015, Junior played for the Auburn Warriors in the Ron Massey Cup. In The 2017 Ron Massey Cup season, Kilifi was playing for foundation club The Western Suburbs Magpies.[6][7]

International career

Tia-Kilifi was called up for the Samoa national rugby league team in 2006, but never played.[8]

On 8 September 2014, Tia-Kilifi was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations,[9] but didn’t make the final 24 man squad.

References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ NRL Stats
  3. ↑ http://www.aisnsw.edu.au/CIS/LinkClick.aspx?link=Rugby%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ "Bulldogs sign young talent". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  5. ↑ "Panthers add Etu Uaisele & Junior Tia-Kilifi to 2012 Squad". www.penrithpanthers.com.a. Penrith Panthers. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  6. ↑ http://www.westsmagpies.com.au/news/2017/june/weekend-reports-wests-v-mounties/
  7. ↑ http://leagueunlimited.com/news/leagueunlimited-rm-cup-teams-2017-round-20/
  8. ↑ "England 38-14 Samoa". BBC. 2006-11-05. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  9. ↑ http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/samao-train-on-squad-announced-14837/
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