Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) 0 0 | Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) 2 0 | |
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Position Wing, Centre, Second-row | ||
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Tautalatasi Tasi (born 22 November 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. He plays at wing, centre and second-row.
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Background
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Tasi is of Samoan descent and moved to Queensland, Australia at a young age. He played his junior rugby league for the Goodna Eagles, before being signed by the Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup.
Tasi is the younger brother of former Sydney Roosters and Brisbane Broncos player Lama Tasi, and the cousin of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player Raymond Faitala-Mariner.
Early career
In 2013 and 2014, Tasi played for the Ipswich Jets. In May 2014, he signed a 2-year contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs starting effective immediately, playing for their NYC team for the rest of the year. In 2015, he began pre-season training with the Bulldogs' NRL squad but did not make an appearance for their first-grade team, instead playing for their New South Wales Cup team for the season.
2016
In 2016, Tasi joined the North Sydney Bears in the New South Wales Cup. During the season, he was elevated to the South Sydney Rabbitohs' NRL squad. In Round 16 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Rabbitohs against the Penrith Panthers, coming off the bench. He is contracted to the Rabbitohs until the end of 2016.