Jamayne Taunoa-Brown

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Jamayne Taunoa-Brown
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Personal information
Born (1996-11-17) 17 November 1996 (age 26)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight111 kg (17 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020–21 New Zealand Warriors 321004
2021 St. George Illawarra 20000
2022– North Qld Cowboys 330000
Total671004
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020–21 Indigenous All Stars 30000
Source: [1]
As of 5 August 2023

Jamayne Taunoa-Brown (born 17 November 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors, and spent time on loan from the Warriors at the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.

Early life

Taunoa-Brown was born in Melbourne, Australia, and is of Indigenous Australian (Kaurna and Narungga) [2] descent through his mother Jaimie who is from South Australia, and Māori (Ngāti Kahungunu) and Samoan descent through his father Brandy who is from Napier, New Zealand. [3] He played his junior rugby league for the Altona Roosters where he then went onto play junior representative rugby league for both the Melbourne Storm and Newcastle Knights.

Playing career

Taunoa-Brown represented the Indigenous All Stars in the 2020 All Stars match. [4]

Taunoa-Brown made his NRL debut in round 1 of the 2020 NRL season for the New Zealand Warriors against Newcastle Knights starting from the bench, in the 20–0 loss. [5] He scored his first try in the Warriors' 18–0 win over the St. George Illawarra Dragons in round 3 of the same season. [6] Taunoa-Brown joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons in July 2021 on a short-term loan deal. [7] On 21 October 2021, he was granted a release by the Warriors from the final year of his contract and signed with the North Queensland Cowboys until the end of the 2023 season. [8] [9] Taunoa-Brown represented the Indigenous All Stars again in the 2022 All Stars match. He played 16 matches for North Queensland in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished third on the table and qualified for the finals. Taunoa-Brown did not feature for North Queensland in their finals campaign which ended at the preliminary final stage against Parramatta. [10] He made 17 appearances for North Queensland in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table. [11]

Statistics

YearTeamGamesTriesPts
2020 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 1914
202113
2021 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2
2022 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 16
202315
Totals6414

Music career

Taunoa-Brown is also a rapper and hip hop producer, going under the pseudonym "Yung Maynie". [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ "Indigenous map showcases NRL, NRLW players' heritage". NRL. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Rattue, Chris (2 June 2020). "Warriors forward Jamayne Taunoa-Brown finally cracks the big time". NZ Herald. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "NZ Warriors sign prop Jamayne Taunoa-Brown on two year deal". newshub.co.nz. 28 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Knights v Warriors". National Rugby League. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Warriors v Dragons". National Rugby League. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Dragons sign Warriors forward to bolster depth amid Covid breach suspensions". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "JTB granted request for release". NZ Warriors. 21 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Cowboys sign Taunoa-Brown". NQ Cowboys. 21 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "'See it in their eyes': The late-season pact and 'massive sacrifice' behind Eels surge". www.foxsports.com.au.
  11. ↑ "NRL 2023: North Queensland Cowboys season review". www.sportingnews.com.
  12. ↑ "Yung Maynie". Triplejunearthed.com. 17 January 2019.
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