Tautalatasi Tasi

Tautalatasi Tasi
Personal information
Born (1994-11-22) 22 November 1994
Auckland, New Zealand
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre, Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016 South Sydney 2 0 0 0 0
As of 2 March 2018
Source: [1]

Tautalatasi Tasi (born 22 November 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who most recently played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. He plays at wing, centre and second-row.

Background

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Tasi is of Samoan descent[2] and moved to Queensland, Australia at a young age. He played his junior rugby league for the Goodna Eagles, before being signed by the Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup.

Tasi is the younger brother of former Sydney Roosters and Brisbane Broncos player Lama Tasi, and the cousin of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player Raymond Faitala-Mariner.[3]

Playing career

Early career

In 2013 and 2014, Tasi played for the Ipswich Jets.[4][5] In May 2014, he signed a 2-year contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs starting effective immediately,[6] playing for their NYC team for the rest of the year.[7][8] In 2015, he began pre-season training with the Bulldogs' NRL squad but did not make an appearance for their first-grade team, instead playing for their New South Wales Cup team for the season.[9][10]

2016

In 2016, Tasi joined the North Sydney Bears in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW.[11] During the season, he was elevated to the South Sydney Rabbitohs' NRL squad.[12] In round 16 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Rabbitohs against the Penrith Panthers, coming off the bench.[13][14] He spent most of the season playing with North Sydney where he made 13 appearances and scored 8 tries for the season.[15]

2017

In May, Tasi played for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents.[16] On 5 August, he scored 5 tries in a game for North Sydney against the Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval, North Sydney winning the match 42-10.[17] On 22 November 2017, Tasi announced on his official Instagram account that after 3 seasons he was leaving Norths and relocating back to Queensland.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Tautalatasi Tasi - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  2. ↑ Last Updated: 29/05/15 2:24pm (2015-05-11). "St Helens sign Lama Tasi from Salford Red Devils | Rugby League News". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  3. ↑ "South Sydney Rabbitohs rookie Tautalatasi Tasi follows brother Lama into NRL". Sydney Morning Herald. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  4. ↑ "TASI Siblings to reunite in NRL | Ipswich Jets Football". Football.ipswichjets.com.au. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  5. ↑ "Tasi follows well-worn path to Sydney | Ipswich Jets Football". Football.ipswichjets.com.au. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  6. ↑ Daily Telegraph (2014-05-03). "Bulldogs sign young gun winger". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  7. ↑ "T". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  8. ↑ "Bulldogs sign talented utility Tasi to two-year deal". Queensland Times. 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  9. ↑ "The Future: Tautalatasi Tasi". Bulldogs. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  10. ↑ NRL. "VB NSW Cup Teams Rd 3". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  11. ↑ NRL. "TEAMS | Intrust Super Premiership NSW Rd 5". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  12. ↑ Adrian Proszenko (2013-02-13). "South Sydney Rabbitohs rookie Tautalatasi Tasi follows brother Lama into NRL". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  13. ↑ "Updated team lists: Panthers v Rabbitohs". NRL.com. 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  14. ↑ NRL. "LATE MAIL: Round 16, 2016". Rabbitohs. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  15. ↑ "South Sydney Rabbitohs North Sydney Bears Affiliated Players". www.ssralmanac.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  16. ↑ NRL Digital Media. "UPDATED SQUAD | Intrust Super Premiership NSW Residents". NSWRL. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  17. ↑ Media, NRL Digital. "Tasi Tears Up Tigers With Five-Try Haul". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  18. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bby1C2VDkww/?taken-by=tautalatasii_
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