Asipeli Fine
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| Fine playing for the Tigers in 2013. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 26 October 1992 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Centre, Second-row, Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2014–16 | Wests Tigers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016– | Canterbury Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2014 | Tonga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As of 9 July 2016 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Asipeli Fine (born 26 October 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. He plays at centre, second-row and wing, and previously played for the Wests Tigers.
Background
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Fine attended Waverley College.[2] He played his junior rugby league for the Mascot Jets, before being signed by the Sydney Roosters.
Playing career
Early career
From 2009 to 2012, Fine played for the Sydney Roosters' NYC team.[3][4] In 2012, he joined the Wests Tigers NYC team mid-season,[5] before graduating to their New South Wales Cup team in 2013.[6]
2014
On 2 May, Fine was 18th man for Tonga against Samoa.[7] On 19 August, he re-signed with the Tigers on a 2-year contract.[8] Less than a fortnight later, he made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the Canberra Raiders.[9][10] He finished his debut season in the NRL having played in 2 games.[11] On 21 September, he was named at centre in the 2014 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[12]
2015
In September 2015, Fine was named in Tonga's 58-man train-on squad for their match against the Cook Islands.[13]
2016
In Round 9 of the 2016 NRL season, Fine made a return to the Tigers' NRL side after not playing a first-grade game in 2015.[14] On 2 June, he joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs mid-season on a contract to the end of 2018.[15] He made his Bulldogs debut in Round 16 against the Brisbane Broncos.[16]
References
- ↑ "Asipeli Fine - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1992-10-26. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ "NSWCIS Rugby League News and heaps of stuff". Ourfootyteam.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ "F". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ "Asipeli Fine player results, scores, news and statistics". rleague.com. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
- ↑ "Toyota Cup Grand Final Team Lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ NRL. "Vb Nsw Cup Team Lists - Round Nineteen". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ Posted: 27 April, 2015 by Triple M NRL (2015-04-27). "TEAM LISTS: Tonga, Fiji Bati, Papua New Guinea Teams For 2015 Representative Round | Triple M NRL". Triplem.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ NRL. "Wests Tigers re-sign young guns - Tigers". weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
- ↑ "NRL 2014 - Round 25". Rugby League Project. 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ NRL. "Late Changes: NRL Round 25 - Tigers". weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
- ↑ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ NRL. "2014 VB NSW Cup Team of the Year". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ "Tonga name 58-man squad for Cook Islands qualifier". The Roar. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ "Updated team lists: Rabbitohs v Tigers". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ "Bulldogs sign Asipeli Fine". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- ↑ "Updated team lists: Bulldogs v Broncos". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-06-25.