Jordan Tuapou
Hooker
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Profile
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Height:
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186cm
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Weight:
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89kg
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Date Of Birth:
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12/02/1991
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Place of Birth:
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New Zealand
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Rugby Career
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Senior Club:
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East Tigers (QLD)
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Representative honours: Queensland Under-16s (2007), Queensland Schoolboys (2009), Australian Schoolboys (2009-2011), Australian Sevens (2011-)
Debut: Gold Coast 2012
Caps: 16
Points: 65 (9T)
A former Captain of the Australian Schoolboys, Jordan Tuapou represented Australia at every round of the HSBC Sevens World Series in 2011-12 after making his debut at the inaugural Gold Coast Sevens – Fever Pitch.
He rounded out his first season by helping Australia secure a Rugby World Cup Sevens berth by winning the Oceania Sevens Championship and kicked off his 2012-13 season with a solid run at the second-annual Gold Coast Sevens.
Tuapou rose to the Australian Sevens ranks through Queensland and Australian age-grade representation.
The 21-year-old forward has been on the Rugby radar for some time, having been a member of the ARU National Talent Squad from 2007 to 2009 and was named Queensland’s most outstanding Rugby player in 2009.