Jamayne Taunoa-Brown
Jamayne Taunoa-Brown (born 17 November 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League.
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Full name | Jamayne Taunoa-Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 17 November 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 111 kg (17 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 3 June 2021 Source: [1] |
He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors, and spent time on loan from the Warriors at the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.
Early life
Taunoa-Brown was born in Melbourne, Australia, and is of Indigenous Australian (Kaurna and Narungga)[2] descent through his mother Jaimie, and Māori (Ngāti Kahungunu) descent through his father Brandy.[3] He played his junior rugby league for the Altona Roosters where he then went onto play junior representative rugby league for both the Melbourne Storm and Newcastle Knights.
Playing career
Taunoa-Brown represented the Indigenous All Stars in the 2020 All Stars match.[4]
Taunoa-Brown made his NRL debut in round 1 of the 2020 NRL season for the New Zealand Warriors against Newcastle Knights starting from the bench, in the 20–0 loss.[5] He scored his first try in the Warriors' 18–0 win over the St. George Illawarra Dragons in round 3 of the same season.[6]
Taunoa-Brown joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons in July 2021 on a short-term loan deal.[7]
On 21 October 2021, he was granted a release by the Warriors from the final year of his contract and signed with the North Queensland Cowboys until the end of the 2023 season.[8][9]
Taunoa-Brown represented the Indigenous All Stars again in the 2022 All Stars match.
Music career
Taunoa-Brown is also a rapper and hip hop producer, going under the pseudonym “Yung Maynie”.[10]
References
- Rugby League Project
- "Indigenous map showcases NRL, NRLW players' heritage". NRL.com. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- Rattue, Chris (2 June 2020). "Warriors forward Jamayne Taunoa-Brown finally cracks the big time". NZ Herald. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- "NZ Warriors sign prop Jamayne Taunoa-Brown on two year deal". newshub.co.nz. 28 February 2020.
- "Knights v Warriors". National Rugby League. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- "Warriors v Dragons". National Rugby League. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- "Dragons sign Warriors forward to bolster depth amid Covid breach suspensions". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- "JTB granted request for release". NZ Warriors. 21 October 2021.
- "Cowboys sign Taunoa-Brown". NQ Cowboys. 21 October 2021.
- "Yung Maynie". Triplejunearthed.com. 17 January 2019.
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