Daniel Saifiti
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| Saifiti playing for The Entrance Tigers in 2014. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 1 May 1996 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||
| Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2016– | Newcastle Knights | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2015–16 | Fiji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 6 August 2016 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Daniel 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.
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 Jacob 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 Jacob in the 2015 Melanesian Cup.[5] During the year, he re-signed with the Knights on a 2-year contract.[2][6]
2016
In Round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, Saifiti made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Gold Coast Titans,[7][8] playing alongside his brother Jacob, becoming the first twins in Australian rugby league's 108-year history to debut together.[9] He scored a try on debut.[10] On 7 May, he again played for Fiji against Papua New Guinea in the 2016 Melanesian Cup.[11] On 12 May, him and his brother extended their contracts with the Knights from the end of 2017 until the end of 2018.[12] In his 8th game of first-grade, he ran for a game-high 237 metres against the Wests Tigers.[13]
References
- ↑ "Daniel Saifiti - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 2016-02-25. 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Five things we learned from Titans v Knights". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "PNG stuns Fiji in a thriller". nrl.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ↑ "Saifitis extend contracts with Knights". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ↑ David SygallMay 22, 2016, 8:59 a.m. "Trent Hodkinson in State of Origin frame as Wests Tigers pinch win over Newcastle Knights". The Advocate. Retrieved 2016-05-22.