Jacob Saifiti
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| Saifiti playing for The Entrance Tigers in 2014. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | 1 May 1996 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||
| Weight | 111 kg (17 st 7 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2016– | Newcastle Knights | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2015 | Fiji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 25 June 2016 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Jacob Saifiti (born 1 May 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. A Fijian national representative, he plays at prop and second-row.
Background
Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Saifiti is of Fijian descent[2] and moved to the Central Coast at a young age.[2] He played his junior rugby league for The Entrance Tigers, before joining the Newcastle Knights in 2015.[3]
Saifiti is the identical twin brother of fellow Knights player Daniel Saifiti.[3]
Playing career
2015
In 2015, Saifiti played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team.[4] On 2 May, he played for Fiji against Papua New Guinea, alongside his twin brother Daniel.[5] On 27 September, he played in the Knights' 2015 New South Wales Cup Grand Final win over the Wyong Roos.[6] During the year, he re-signed with the Knights on a 2-year contract.[2][7]
2016
In Round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, Saifiti made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Gold Coast Titans,[8][9] playing alongside his brother Daniel, becoming the first twins in Australian rugby league's 108-year history to debut together.[10] On 12 May, him and his brother extended their contracts with the Knights from the end of 2017 until the end of 2018.[11]
References
- ↑ "Jacob Saifiti - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 2016-02-14. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- 1 2 3 Keeble, Brett (2015-04-29). "Saifiti twins win Fiji call-up | Newcastle Herald". Theherald.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- 1 2 "Saifiti twins first for the Knights - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "S". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "TEAM LISTS: Tonga, Fiji Bati, Papua New Guinea Teams For 2015 Representative Round | Triple M NRL". Triplem.com.au. 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "VB NSW Cup Grand Final Team List". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ↑ "Robert Dillon on Twitter: "@jamiesonmurph Two years"". Twitter.com. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Updated: Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Late Mail: Titans v Knights - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Knights Prop Sam Mataora Rewarded for Off-Season Regime with Starting Spot Against Gold Coast". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Saifitis extend contracts with Knights". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-05-12.