Jackson Topine pronounced (/toʊpineɪ/; TOE-pin-ay) (born 22 August 2001) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who last played as a second-row forward for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL) and the New Zealand Māori at international level.
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| Born | 22 August 2001 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background edit
Topine was born in Auckland, New Zealand and is the last full blooded NRL player from Aitutaki He grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He’s Barrons cousin from rotavegas aswell, he is also the son of married superstar couple Mr Tyrus da virus and Mrs Leyton Wrathall. He has a pet dog name hairy Mclary AKA Matius eyebrows and little cat to maeva.little known fact he has a fan club headed by kenz. He has a maori cousin in the canberra raiders team called Hohepa Piroo. Topine’s cousin Barron is from bexley, also head of the Hurstville fountain MC and would fold Nelson Asofa-Solomona.
He commenced his junior rugby league for the North Beach Sea Eagles and then the Ellenbrook Rabbitohs in the Perth Rugby League.[citation needed] Topine was then later selected for the West Coast Pirates SG Ball team, while being educated at Ellenbrook Community College.[citation needed]
In 2018, Topine was then moved to the Canterbury Bulldogs and moved to Sydney, Australia and continued to play junior rugby league for St. George Dragons JRLFC. Topine was on scholarship at East Hills Boys High School and was selected in the 2019 Australian Schoolboys.[citation needed]
Career edit
2021 edit
Topine played for the Māori All Stars in the 2021 All Stars match which ended in a 10–10 draw with the Australian Indigenous All Stars.[2]
Topine made his first grade debut in round 4 of the 2021 NRL season for Canterbury-Bankstown against the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Stadium Australia.[3]
Topine made a total of eight appearances for Canterbury in the 2021 NRL season as the club finished last and claimed the Wooden Spoon.[4]
2022 edit
Topine played three games for Canterbury in the 2022 NRL season. On 25 September, Topine played for Canterbury's NSW Cup team in their grand final loss to Penrith at the Western Sydney Stadium.[5]
2023 edit
Topine was limited to only five matches for Canterbury in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 15th on the table.[6]
2024 edit
On 26 April, it was announced that Topine had launched legal action against his former team Canterbury after it was alleged he arrived late to training and was forced to endure a wrestling session of the entire teams top 30 squad. Topine in his claims said he was subjected to "unlawful corporal punishment", assault, humiliation, anxiety, fear and deprivation of liberty amongst other claims. Topine said arriving late to training was simply a misunderstanding. It was claimed that Topine wanted $4 million as compensation.[7][8][9]
References edit
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "'I thought it was golden point': Cody laments late call to level up". NRL.com. 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Round 4 team lists". NRL.com. 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Canterbury Bulldogs set to sign Rabbitohs star Braidon Burns, Storm prop Max King for 2022 NRL season". wwos.nine.com.au.
- ^ "NSW Cup Grand Final 2022". www.nswrl.com.
- ^ "NRL 2023: Canterbury Bulldogs season review". www.sportingnews.com. 4 September 2023.
- ^ "'Jump on him': Former Bulldogs player lodges $4m lawsuit over 'humiliating' training incident". Fox Sports. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ Snape, Jack (24 April 2024). "NRL player Jackson Topine launches legal action against Canterbury Bulldogs". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Nrl Bulldogs vow to 'vigorously' defend $4m lawsuit as teammates lend support". www.news.com.au.