Junior Tia-Kilifi

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Junior Tia-Kilifi
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Personal information
Full nameJunior Tia-Kilifi
Born (1988-04-24) 24 April 1988 (age 34)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2009 Penrith Panthers 840016
2010 Canterbury-Bankstown 22008
Total1060024
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2006 Samoa 10000
Source: [1]
As of 17 January 2019

Junior Tia-Kilifi (JTK) (born 24 April 1988) is a Samoa international former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2020s for the Penrith Panthers and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. Tia-Kilifi usually played on the wing or as a centre.

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Background

Tia-Kilifi was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He attended Chifley College in Mt Druitt, and St Dominics College in Penrith. [2] Tia-Kilifi played his junior footy for the Minchinbury Jets.

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. [3]

Tia-Kilifi mostly played for Canterbury's feeder side in the NSW Cup. At the end of the 2011 season, Tia-Kilifi moved back to Penrith in a one-year contract. [4] He then renewed his contract for another season.

In 2015, Tia-Kilifi played for the Auburn Warriors in the Ron Massey Cup. In The 2017 Ron Massey Cup season, Kilifi played for foundation club The Western Suburbs Magpies. [5] [6]

International career

Tia-Kilifi was called up for the Samoa national rugby league team in 2006, but never played. [7]

On 8 September 2014, Tia-Kilifi was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations, [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ "Former Penrith Panther Junior Tia-Kilifi playing for Wyong Roos". Daily Telegraph. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Bulldogs sign young talent". The Daily Telegraph. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Panthers add Etu Uaisele & Junior Tia-Kilifi to 2012 Squad". Penrith Panthers. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Weekend Reports: Wests v Mounties". Western Suburbs. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "NSWRL Ron Massey Cup - 2017 Round 20". L.U. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "England 38-14 Samoa". BBC. 5 November 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  8. ↑ "Samoa train on squad announced". Zero Tackle. 8 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014.
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