Sam Kasiano
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Personal information
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| Nickname | Dogzilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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21 September 1990 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 kg (20 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 31 March 2017
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Sam Kasiano (born 21 September 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. A New Zealand national representative prop forward, Kasiano has played his entire NRL career to date with the Bulldogs.
Kasiano was born and raised in Auckland and is of Samoan descent. Kasiano started playing rugby league at the age of eight for the Otahuhu Leopards but stopped once he started high school. However, in 2007 he played for the Mount Albert Grammar School's 1st XIII. After moving to Brisbane as a teenager, Kasiano played for the Aspley Devils under 18s before being picked up by the Norths Devils Colts for the 2009 season. Kasiano was then signed by the Bulldogs and played for their Toyota Cup side for the 2010 season, where he quickly became one of the competition standouts his form saw him rewarded with a spot in the 2010 Junior Kiwis team.
In Round 1 of the 2011 NRL season, Kasiano made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at prop against the Wests Tigers in the Bulldogs 24-14 win at ANZ Stadium. Kasiano played 19 games in his debut season and picked up the Steve Mortimer Medal for the Bulldogs Rookie of the Year.
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