Martin Taupau

Martin Taupau

Personal information
Nickname	Kapow
Born	(1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 (age 27) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Lock, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2010–13 Canterbury Bulldogs 21 1 0 0 4 2014–15 Wests Tigers 45 7 0 0 28 2016– Manly Sea Eagles 23 3 0 0 12 Total 89 11 0 0 44 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2013 Samoa 1 0 0 0 0 2014–16 New Zealand 14 0 0 0 0 2016 World All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 6 August 2016 Source:

Martin Taupau (born 3 February 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. A Samoa and New Zealand national and World All stars representative, he plays at prop and lock and previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Wests Tigers.

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Taupau is of Samoan descent. Taupau moved to Sydney, Australia as a 10-year-old and played junior rugby league for the Padstow Panthers and Greenacre Tigers. Taupau attended Endeavour Sports High School and represented the Australia Schoolboys team in 2008.

In Round 5, Taupau made his first grade debut against the New Zealand Warriors off the interchange bench in the Bulldogs 30-24 loss at ANZ Stadium, in what was his only appearance of the season. Taupau was selected in the Samoan train on squad and the Junior Kiwis, and captained the Junior Kiwis.

Taupau played 3 first grade games in 2011. He spent most of the year playing in the NSW Cup, and was named in the New South Wales Residents.