Dylan Napa

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Dylan Napa
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Napa playing for the Newtown Jets in 2012.
Personal information
Born (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992 (age 31)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Sydney Roosters 69 2 0 0 8
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 Cook Islands 3 0 0 0 0
2014 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
As of 17 March 2016
Source: [1]

Dylan Napa (born 13 November 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. A Cook Islands international and Prime Minister's XIII representative, he plays at prop.

Early years

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Napa is of Cook Islands descent through his father.[2] He attended St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe and played his junior football for the Aspley Devils before being signed by the Sydney Roosters. Napa also played for the Queensland under 18s team. Napa played for the Roosters NYC team in 2011 and 2012.[3] In 2012, Napa was named at Prop in the inaugural Under 20s State of Origin match for Queensland. At the end of 2012, Napa was named on the interchange bench in the 2012 Under 20s Team of the Year.[4]

Napa cites Karmichael Hunt and Sonny Bill Williams as two inspirations for his playing style while growing up.[5]

Playing career

2013

In Round 15 of the 2013 NRL season, Napa made his NRL debut for the Sydney Roosters against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs off the interchange bench in the Rootsers 20-18 win at ANZ Stadium.[6] In his 3rd match against Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Napa put on one of the big hits of the year on Sharks captain Paul Gallen in the Roosters 32-22 loss at Remondis Stadium.[7][8] Napa in played 7 matches for the Roosters in his debut year in the NRL, missing out on a Grand Final spot due to Luke O'Donnell recovering from injury. Napa was selected for the Cook Islands squad in the 2013 World Cup,[9][10] playing in all their 3 matches. Napa made his Cook Islands international debut against the United States in the 32-20 loss at Memorial Stadium.[11]

2014

Napa played for the Roosters in their 36-14 2014 World Club Challenge victory over 2013 Super League champions the Wigan Warriors.[12] Napa played in 24 matches in the 2014 NRL season.

2015

In January, Napa was a member of the newly established QAS Emerging Maroons squad.[13] He played for the Roosters in the Auckland Nines.[14] In Round 2 against cross-city rivals South Sydney Rabbitohs, he scored his first NRL career try in the Roosters' 26-34 loss at ANZ Stadium,[15] and soon after re-signed with the Roosters to the end of the 2017 season.[16] Napa was included in the Queensland squad for the 2015 State of Origin series, being 18th man for the Maroons in Game 1 and Game 3.[17][18] He played in 27 matches and scored 1 try for the season.[19]

2016

On 12 January, Napa was selected in the QAS Emerging Maroons squad.[20]

References

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