Name Kelepi Tanginoa Career start 2013 Weight 101 kg | Height 1.80 m Role Rugby Player | |
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Kelepi tanginoa 2010 rugby league highlights
Kelepi Tanginoa (born 1 March 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row and lock, and previously played for the Parramatta Eels and North Queensland Cowboys.
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- Kelepi tanginoa 2010 rugby league highlights
- Kelepi tanginoa
- Background
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- NRL
- References
Kelepi tanginoa
Background
Born in Auburn, New South Wales, Tanginoa played his junior football for the Canley Heights Dragons, CVD Edensor Park Cobras and Cabramatta Two Blues before being signed by the Parramatta Eels, playing for their Harold Matthews Cup, SG Ball Cup and NYC teams. He attended Westfields Sport High School where he represented the Australian Schoolboys in 2012. In 2010, Tanginoa represented the New South Wales under-16s side and in 2012 represented the New South Wales under-18s.
2013
In Round 2 of the 2013 NRL season, Tanginoa made his NRL debut for the Eels against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. In April, Tanginoa played for the New South Wales Under 20s team. He played 9 games for the Eels in his rookie year before succumbing to a fractured hand and then a stress fracture in his right foot.
In July 2013, Tanginoa re-signed with the Eels on a 2-year contract.
2014
On 29 August 2014, Tanginoa was released from his Eels contract, signing a 2-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys, starting in 2015.
2015
In Round 2 of the 2015 NRL season, Tanginoa made his debut for the Cowboys, coming off the bench in the side's 14-16 loss to the Newcastle Knights.
On 27 September 2015, Tanginoa played in the Townsville Blackhawks' Intrust Super Cup Grand Final loss to the Ipswich Jets. Tanginoa was a member of the Cowboys' 2015 Premiership winning squad, though he did not take part in the Grand Final.
2016
On 21 October 2015, Tanginoa signed a 1-year contract to return to the Parramatta Eels, after being released from the final year of his Cowboys contract. He would spend the season playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in the NSW Cup.
2017
Tanginoa spent the first half of 2017 with Wentworthville before Parramatta released him from his contract. He then signed to play for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.