Josh Papalii
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Personal information
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| Born |
13 May 1992 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Josh Papalii (born 13 May 1992) is a New Zealand-born Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League. Papalii primarily plays at second-row, lock and prop. Papalii is a Queensland and Australia national representative.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Papalii is of Samoan and Cook Island descent. Papalii moved to Australia at the age of 5 and was raised in Woodridge, Queensland, playing his junior rugby league for Logan Brothers before being signed by the Canberra Raiders. Papalii played 20 matches for Raiders NYC side between 2010 and 2011. In 2010 Papalii represented the Queensland under 18 side and was selected in the Junior Kiwis' training squad, although he did not make the final side.
In Round 10, Papalii made his NRL debut for the Canberra Raiders against the Melbourne Storm off the interchange bench in the Raiders 20–12 win at AAMI Park. In Round 14 against the Brisbane Broncos, Papalii showed a promising performance in his young first grade career scoring two tries back to back to help lead a Raiders comeback, coming from 24–0 down to level the game 24–24, before losing in extra time 25–24. Papalii finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 14 matches and scoring 3 tries. In October, Papalii was selected for the Junior Kiwis.
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