Patrick Kaufusi

Patrick Kaufusi
Kaufusi playing for the Queensland Under-20s team in 2013.
Personal information
Born (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994
Auckland, New Zealand
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015– North Queensland 4 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016 Tonga 0 0 0 0 0
As of 1 May 2016
Source: [1]

Patrick Kaufusi (born 18 February 1994) is a New Zealand-born Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop.

Background

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Kaufusi is of Tongan descent and moved to Queensland, Australia at a young age, playing his junior rugby league for the Bundaberg Brothers, before being signed by the North Queensland Cowboys.

From 2012 to 2014, Kaufusi played for the North Queensland Cowboys' NYC team.[2] On 20 April 2013, he played for the Queensland Under-20s team against the New South Wales Under-20s team.[3] On 3 October 2013, he re-signed with the Cowboys on a 3-year contract.[4] In September 2014, Kaufusi was named in the Junior Kangaroos train-on squad.[5] In 2015, he moved on to the Cowboys' Queensland Cup team, Northern Pride RLFC.[6]

Playing career

2015

In Round 16 of the 2015 NRL season, Kaufusi made his NRL debut for the Cowboys against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[7]

2016

In Round 7 of the 2016 NRL season, Kaufusi played his second NRL game, coming off the bench in the Cowboys' 44-18 win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[8][9]

Statistics

NRL

Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts
2015 North Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
Career totals 1 0 0 0 0

Personal life

Kaufusi is the younger brother of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player Antonio Kaufusi and Melbourne Storm player Felise Kaufusi.[10]

References

  1. "Patrick Kaufusi - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. "K". Nycdatabase.org. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  3. "Under 20's Origin squads named". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  4. "Kaufusi lands Cowboys NRL contract | NRL". Zerotackle.com. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  5. "Nine added to Junior Kangaroos train-on squad". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  6. "Intrust Super Cup Round 14 teams". QRL.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  7. "Team list: Cowboys v Sharks". Cowboys.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  8. NRL. "Team list: Cowboys v Rabbitohs". Cowboys. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  9. "Classy Cowboys too good for Souths". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  10. "Kaufusi in line to make NRL debut". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 2015-06-27.

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