Kurtis Rowe

Kurtis Rowe
Rowe playing for the Tigers in 2015.
Personal information
Born (1993-11-12) 12 November 1993
Taranaki, New Zealand
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position fullback, wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Wests Tigers 8 0 0 0 0
As of 10 August 2014
Source: Rugby League Project

Kurtis Rowe (born 12 November 1993) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup Competition. He plays as a fullback and winger and previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.

Background

Born in Taranaki, New Zealand, Rowe is of Maori descent[1] and played his junior rugby league for the Waitara Bears, before being signed by the Wests Tigers. After moving to Australia, he attended Keebra Park State High School on the Gold Coast.[2]

Playing career

Early career

In October 2011, Rowe played for the Australian Schoolboys.[3] In 2012 and 2013, he played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team.[4][5] On 13 September 2013, he re-signed with the Tigers on a 2-year contract.[6] On 13 October 2013, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos.[7][8]

2014

In 2014, Rowe moved on to the Tigers' New South Wales Cup team.[9] On 15 and 16 February, he played for the Tigers in the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines tournament.[10] In Round 6, he made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the North Queensland Cowboys, replacing an injured James Tedesco at fullback in the Tigers' 16-4 win at Campbelltown Stadium.[11][12][13] He played 6 consecutive games in a period where regular fullback Tedesco was injured.[14] Later in the season when Tedesco was again injured, Mitchell Moses was instead chosen as his replacement, but Rowe did make two further appearances in first grade near the end of the season.[14]

2015

Rowe was named on the wing in the 2015 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year,[15] but failed to make a first grade appearance for the Tigers and was released at the end of the year.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Taranaki Maori Sports Awards". Stuff.co.nz. 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  2. ↑ "Keebra High produces another NRL star with former student to debut for West Tigers". Gold Coast Bulletin. 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  3. ↑ "ASSRL Schoolboys rugby league news, Australian Secondary School Rugby League, Australian Schoolboys". Ourfootyteam.com. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  4. ↑ "R". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20141101230545/http://rleague.com/players/Kurtis-Rowe_3528/Stats/. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "Wests Tigers re-sign several exciting players | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  7. ↑ "Nine Warriors in Junior Kiwis squad". NRL.com. 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "VB NSW Cup Team Lists - Round Thirteen". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  10. ↑ "Squads For Auckland Nines". Rugby League Week. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  11. ↑ "NRL Round 6: Late Changes - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  12. ↑ "Wests Lose Skipper Robbie farah to Injury". Dailytelegrpah.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  13. ↑ "NRL 2014 - Round 6". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  14. 1 2 "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  15. ↑ "2015 VB NSW Cup Team of the Year". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  16. ↑ "Concord clean-out as five Tigers to go | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2015-10-11.

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