Carlos Tuimavave
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| Tuimavave playing for the Warriors in 2014. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Nickname | Los[1] | |||||
| Born | 10 January 1992 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Five-eighth, Fullback, Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2012–14 | New Zealand Warriors | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2015– | Newcastle Knights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013–14 | Samoa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As of 29 June 2014 | ||||||
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Carlos Tuimavave (born 10 January 1992) is a Samoan New Zealander professional rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays five-eighth, fullback and centre.
Background
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuimavave played his junior football for the Mount Wellington Warriors while attending St. Patricks School and Sacred Heart College, both in east Auckland.[2] When he was 16, Tuimavave moved to Sydney, Australia after being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[3] Becoming homesick, he was offered the chance to join the New Zealand Warriors NYC squad in 2010. As a youngster, he played for the New Zealand Under 18s team.
Playing career
From 2010 to 2012, Tuimavave played for the New Zealand Warriors' NYC team,[4] playing in both the Warriors' 2010 and 2011 Grand Final victories. Forming a halves partnership with Shaun Johnson, Tuimavave was named the Man of the Match in the 2010 Grand Final and also won the Warriors' Young NYC Player of the Year award.[2] In 2012, he became the club's sixth player to appear in 50 NYC matches.[5]
In 2010, 2011 and 2012, Tuimavave played for the Junior Kiwis.[2][6]
At the end of 2011 and 2012, Tuimavave was named at five-eighth in both the 2011 and 2012 NYC Teams of the Year.
In Round 22 of the 2012 NRL season, Tuimavave made his NRL debut for the New Zealand Warriors against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, becoming the 177th player to play for the Warriors.[7] He came on the field after 20 minutes filling in for the injured five-eighth, James Maloney.
At the end of 2012, Tuimavave, was named one of the top ten young players of 2012 in a recent article by Lifestyle Uncut.[8]
In 2013, Tuimavave elected to play for Samoa at senior level and made his international debut in the 36-4 Pacific Rugby League International loss to Tonga.
In May 2014, Tuimavave played for Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International. He scored a try in Samoa's 32-16 test-match win.
In June 2014, Tuimavave signed a 2-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2015.[9]
On 8 September 2014, Tuimavave was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations, [10] but didn’t make the final 24-man squad.
Personal life
Tuimavave is a cousin of former New Zealand Warriors, Newcastle Knights and Hull Kingston Rovers player, Evarn Tuimavave, and nephew of former New Zealand and Samoan internationals, Tony Tuimavave and Paddy Tuimavave.[11]
References
- ↑ Player Profile NZWarriors.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Carlos Tuimavave warriors.co.nz
- ↑ Home is sweet for Carlos, and so is his senior debut smh.com.au, 5 August 2012
- ↑ http://rleague.com/players/Carlos-Tuimavave_2873/Stats/
- ↑ No changes for Junior Warriors voxy.co.nz, 21 July 2012
- ↑ Junior Kiwis squad announced rleague.com, 2 October 2012
- ↑ Milestones and another debutant for Warriors nz.sports.yahoo.com, 31 July 2012
- ↑ http://www.lifestyleuncut.com/sport/top-10-youngsters-from-the-nrl-youd-like-to-see-in-super-league.html
- ↑ http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/10211362/Carlos-Tuimavave-is-off-to-Newcastle-Knights
- ↑ http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/samao-train-on-squad-announced-14837/
- ↑ Rugby, league family ties boost fledglings stuff.co.nz, 6 May 2012
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