Elijah Taylor
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27 February 1990 Hawera, New Zealand |
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| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock, Second-row, Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elijah Taylor (born 27 February 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. A New Zealand national representative, he plays at lock, second-row, and hooker and previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and Penrith Panthers.
Born in Hawera, New Zealand, Taylor played rugby union as a youngster, playing for the Patea Rugby Club and representing age group teams in Taranaki, Northland and Auckland, before taking up rugby league in 2006 while studying at St. Paul's College. Taylor also attended Patea High School and Kaitaia College before moving to Auckland.
In 2007, while at St Paul's, Taylor was selected for the New Zealand Māori under-18s side.
Taylor was signed by the New Zealand Warriors on a development contract, where 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. Taylor missed only one of the team's first 46 matches. In August 2009, Taylor was to become the eighth player to make his first grade debut from the under-20 side when he was named to play against the Gold Coast Titans in Round 22, but had to withdraw from the game due to a hamstring injury. On 3 October 2010, Taylor captained the Warriors under-20s team in the 2010 Toyota Cup Grand Final match against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, where he started at second-row and scored 2 tries in the 42-26 win. Taylor finished his Toyota Cup career with 52 matches and 14 tries.
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