Elijah Taylor

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Elijah Taylor
Elijah Taylor playing for the Junior Warriors
Personal information
Born (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990
Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Playing information
Position Lock, Second-row, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–2013 NZ Warriors 67 14 0 0 56
2014– Penrith Panthers 0 0 0 0 0
Total 67 14 0 0 56
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–2013 New Zealand 10 1 0 0 4
Source:

Elijah Taylor (born 27 February 1990) is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays in the National Rugby League for the New Zealand Warriors. Also a New Zealand national representative, Taylor has played his entire NRL career to date with the Warriors.

Early years

Born in Taranaki, Taylor attended Patea High School before moving to Northland with his family, where he attended Kaitaia College. Taylor was a rugby union age group representative for Taranaki, Northland and Auckland before taking up rugby league in 2006 while studying at St. Paul's College after watching Sonny Bill Williams playing for the Canterbury Bulldogs.[1][2]

In 2007 Taylor was selected for the New Zealand Māori Under-18s side.

Warriors

After Taylor was signed by the Warriors on a development contract he moved to Auckland and attended St Paul's College, known for producing rugby league talents. He played for the Otahuhu Leopards club in Auckland Rugby League competitions and the Tamaki Titans in the Bartercard Cup.

With the creation of the Toyota Cup in 2008 Taylor joined the Warriors under-20 side and in 2009 became team captain. He missed only one of the team's first 46 matches.[3] He was to become the eighth player to be promoted to make his first grade debut from the under-20 side when he was named to play against the Gold Coast Titans on 9 August 2009, but he had to withdraw from the game due to a hamstring injury.[3][4][5] He finished his Toyota Cup career with fifty two games and fourteen tries.[6]

Taylor finally made his first grade debut on 3 April 2011 when he came off the bench against the Cronulla Sharks in Taupo.

For the 2013 Anzac Test, Taylor was selected to play for New Zealand from the interchange bench in their loss against Australia.

References

  1. ↑ Elijah Taylor enjoying the league dream The Press, 4 November 2011
  2. ↑ NRL: Third time lucky for young Taylor, by Michael Brown, April 10, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "McKinnon stood down for Titans clash". Television New Zealand. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2011. 
  4. ↑ Johnstone, Duncan (9 August 2009). "Titans too slick for Warriors". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 29 September 2011. 
  5. ↑ Setback for would-be debutant Taylor Warriors.co.nz, 9 August 2009
  6. ↑ [http://www.nzleague.co.nz/warriors/U20_player_profile.php?letter=T&id=3&name=Taylor, Elijah Taylor] nzleague.co.nz

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