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Full name | Charbel Tasipale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Australia | 24 February 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 18 August 2023 |
Charbel Tasipale is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward or centre for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League.
He has previously played for the Parramatta Eels and the Newtown Jets in the NSW Cup.
Tasipale was born in Australia. His mother is Lebanese-Australian and his father hails from New Zealand and is of Samoan descent. [3] [4]
Tasipale came through the youth system at the Parramatta Eels, playing in the Jersey Flegg Cup side in 2020 and 2021. [5] He progressed into the Eels NSW Cup side in 2021, featuring in 9 games and scoring 1 try. [6]
In 2022 he joined the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, and featured in 13 games and scoring 4 tries for their feeder team, the Newtown Jets in the 2022 NSW Cup. [7]
On 26 July 2023, Tasipale joined up with Super League side Castleford Tigers, signing a one-and-a-half year deal with the option of a further year. [8] [9] [10] He made his Super League debut for the Tigers on 4 August against Huddersfield. [11] He scored his first try for Castleford against Wakefield Trinity in his second game for the club. [12] [13] Tasipale said that joining amidst a relegation battle and coaching changes was overwhelming; "I haven't been in situations like this before in my footy career but all the boys got around each other and we've been in good spirits." [14]
Tasipale was named in Junior Kiwis squads to face the Australian Schoolboys side. [15]
He played for the Cedars at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s. [16]
In 2022 Tasipale was named in the Lebanon squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. [17] He made his international debut in October 2022 against New Zealand in Warrington. [18] In the third group stage match at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, Tasipale scored two tries for Lebanon in a 74-12 victory over Jamaica. [19]
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