JJ Felise

JJ Felise
Personal information
Full name Jacob Junior Felise
Born (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996
Logan City, Queensland, Australia
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 111 kg (17 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Wests Tigers 8 0 0 0 0
As of 9 July 2016
Source: [1]

JJ Felise (born 15 February 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop and second-row.

Background

Born in Logan City, Queensland, Felise is of Samoan descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Logan Brothers and attended Keebra Park State High School, before signing with the Wests Tigers as a teenager.

Felise was formerly known as Jacob Junior Felise.[2]

Playing career

Early career

While attending Keebra Park, Felise was a member of their 2013 ARL Schoolboy Cup winning side and represented the Queensland Schoolboys in 2013 and 2014.[3][4][5] In 2015 and 2016, he played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team, playing in 21 games in 2015.[6][7]

2016

In January 2016, Felise was named in the Queensland Academy of Sport under-20s squad.[8] In Round 7 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the Melbourne Storm.[9][10] On 1 June, he re-signed with the Tigers on a 2-year contract.[11]

References

  1. "JJ Felise - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. "Young guns to make NRL debuts - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  3. "JJ Felise - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  4. "2013". NYC DATABASE. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. "ASSRL 18 Years Championships". QRL. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  6. "F". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  7. "NYC Team Announcement: Round 1 vs. Warriors - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  8. "Broncos young guns dominate QAS U20s". QRL. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  9. "Updated team lists: Wests Tigers v Storm". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  10. "Late Changes: NRL Round 7 vs. Storm - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  11. "Wests Tigers secure JJ Felise". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
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