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Name
  
Kurt Baptiste

Career start
  
2011

Weight
  
84 kg

Height
  
1.75 m

Role
  
Rugby Player


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Kurt Baptiste (born 15 March 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He plays at hooker. He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos.

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Playing career

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Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Baptiste is of Papua New Guinean descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Aspley Devils, before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos. He played for the Broncos' NYC team from 2009 to 2011, scoring 28 tries in 67 games before moving on to the Norths Devils, one of the Broncos' Queensland Cup feeder teams in 2012.

At the end of 2011, Baptiste was named at hooker in the 2011 NYC Team of the Year.

In Round 12 of the 2011 NRL season, Baptiste made his NRL debut for the Broncos in their 34-10 loss to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Suncorp Stadium. He scored the first try of his NRL career in the Broncos' Round 16, 16-12 loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs in Perth, Western Australia. Baptiste only played 1 game for the Broncos in 2012, in the Broncos' 30-6 win over the Canberra Raiders at Suncorp Stadium.

On 18 November 2013, Baptiste signed a 1-year contract with the Canberra Raiders starting in 2014.

On 3 September 2014, Baptiste re-signed with the Raiders on a 2-year contract.

Baptiste became a crucial member of the Canberra Raiders squad in 2016 playing in 24 of the 27 matches only missing rounds 20, 21 and 22 with an ankle injury. Baptiste played a crucial bench utility role for the Raiders adding 'much needed spark' at times throughout the match and also enabling Josh Hodgson to move into the halves or lock position throughout the match.

On 17 November 2016, Baptiste resigned on a 2 year deal with the raiders.

During the 2017 pre-season, Baptiste reputed his Achilles with him out for an extended period of time, Adam Clydsdale is filling in for him whilst he is injured.

Kurt Baptiste is currently the shortest player in the NRL being only 168cm tall.

Representative career

In 2012 and 2013, Baptiste played for the Queensland Residents against the New South Wales Residents.

On 7 May 2016, Baptiste made his international debut playing for Papua New Guinea against Fiji in the 2016 Melanesian Cup.

References

Kurt Baptiste Wikipedia