Name Dylan Napa Height 1.94 m Role Rugby Player Weight 109 kg | Career start 2013 Parents Stan Napa Nationality Australian | |
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Dylan Napa - Roosters hitman
Dylan Napa (born 13 November 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. A Cook Islands international and Prime Minister's XIII representative, he plays at prop.
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Early years
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Napa grew up in a family with a Cook Islands born father and an Australian mother. He attended St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe and played his junior football for the Aspley Devils and the Brisbane Brothers before being signed by the Sydney Roosters. Napa also played for the Queensland under 18s team. Napa played for the Roosters NYC team in 2011 and 2012. In 2012, Napa was named at prop in the inaugural under 20s State of Origin match for Queensland. At the end of 2012, Napa was named on the interchange bench in the under 20s team of the year.
Napa cites Karmichael Hunt and Sonny Bill Williams as two inspirations for his playing style while growing up.
2013
In Round 15 of the 2013 NRL season, Napa made his NRL debut for the Sydney Roosters against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs off the interchange bench in the Roosters 20-18 win at ANZ Stadium. In his third match, against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Napa put on one of the biggest hits of the year on Sharks captain Paul Gallen in the Roosters 22-32 loss at Remondis Stadium. Napa played in 7 matches for the Roosters in his debut year in the NRL, missing out on a grand final spot due to Luke O'Donnell recovering from injury. At the end of the season, Napa played in all three matches for the Cook Islands at the 2013 World Cup. Napa made his Cook Islands international debut against the United States in the 32-20 loss at Memorial Stadium.
2014
Napa played for the Roosters in their 36-14 2014 World Club Challenge victory over the 2013 Super League champions, the Wigan Warriors. Napa played in 24 matches in the 2014 NRL season.
2015
In January, Napa was a member of the newly established QAS emerging Maroons squad. He played for the Roosters in the Auckland Nines. In round 2, against cross-city rivals South Sydney Rabbitohs, he scored his first NRL career try in the Roosters' 26-34 loss at ANZ Stadium, and soon after re-signed with the Roosters until the end of the 2017 season. Napa was included in the Queensland squad for the 2015 State of Origin series, being named as 18th man in game 1 and game 3. He played in 27 matches for the Roosters, and scored a try, during the season.
2016
On 12 January, Napa was again selected in the QAS emerging Maroons squad. On 5 February 2016, Napa was one of eight players from the Maroons emerging camp who was banned from representing Queensland for 12-months after breaking curfew in Brisbane. In round 6, against the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the Roosters 17-10 win at ANZ Stadium, Napa earned the man of the match honours after he had scored a try, completed 40 tackles and made 151 metres from 19 runs. Napa finished off the 2016 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring one try for the Roosters.
2017
Ahead of the 2017 season, Napa re-signed with the Roosters for a further two years, keeping at the club until the end of 2019.