Sam Tagataese

Sam Tagataese
Personal information
Full name Samuel Tagataese
Nickname Taga
Born (1986-12-08) 8 December 1986
Wellington, New Zealand
Height 192 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–08 Melbourne Storm 18 2 0 0 8
2009–11 Gold Coast Titans 33 4 0 0 16
2011– Cronulla-Sutherland 81 8 0 0 32
Total 132 14 0 0 56
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–14 Samoa 3 0 0 0 0
As of 8 November 2014
Source: Rugby League Project

Sam Tagataese (pronounced tung-guh-tah-es-sey) (born 8 December 1986 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a rugby league player of Samoan descent who plays for the Cronulla Sharks.

Playing career

Tagataese attended St. Bernard's College, Lower Hutt, playing first fifteen Rugby, and received Sportsman of the year in 2003.

He left Wellington to play with Melbourne Storm feeder Brisbane Norths, where he was selected for the Queensland under 19's and Junior Kiwis squad in 2004.

Tagataese made his first Grade NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm on Saturday, 7 April 2007, against the Newcastle Knights At Energy Australia Stadium.

On 11 June 2011, Tagataese announced he was leaving the Gold Coast Titans immediately to join the Cronulla Sharks on a three-year contract.[1]

Representative career

Tagataese is of Samoan heritage,[2] and was named in the Samoa training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[3]

In 2009 he was named as part of the Samoan side for the Pacific Cup.[4]

In 2013, Sam made his international début, he played for Samoa in the Pacific Rugby League International against fierce pacific rivals Tonga.

In May 2014, Sam played for Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International. Tagataese made headlines in the match after being sent off for a head-butt on Fijian player Kane Evans.

On 8 September 2014, Tagataese was selected for the Samoa Four Nations train-on squad.[5] On 7 October 2014, Tagataese was selected in the Samoa national rugby league team final 24 man squad for the 2014 Four Nations series.[6][7]

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