Te Maire Martin
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| Martin playing for the Wests Tigers in 2015. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 2 October 1995 Tokoroa, New Zealand | |||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2016– | Penrith Panthers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2016 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 4 October 2016 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Te Maire Martin (born 2 October 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. Martin primarily plays as a five-eighth.
Background
Born in Tokoroa, New Zealand, Martin is of Māori descent. Martin played his junior football for Turangawaewae before moving to the Gold Coast, Australia and attended Keebra Park State High School on a scholarship.
Playing career
Early career
Martin was signed by the Wests Tigers and played in their Holden Cup team in 2014 and 2015, where he played in 40 matches and scored 15 tries.[2] In both seasons of his Holden Cup career, Martin was named as the five-eighth in the Holden Cup Team of the Year.[3] On 18 October 2014, Martin played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos, playing at five-eighth and kicked the game winning field goal, giving the Kiwis the 15-14 victory at Mt Smart Stadium.[4] On 2 May 2015, Martin again played for the Junior Kiwis at five-eighth against the Junior Kangaroos, scoring a try in the 22-20 loss at Cbus Super Stadium.[5]
On 24 September 2015, Martin was named in the New Zealand Kiwis training squad for their tour of Great Britain, but did not make the final squad.[6]
2016
Martin signed with the Penrith Panthers for the 2016 NRL season and played in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines tournament. In Round 3 Martin made his NRL debut playing at five-eighth against the Brisbane Broncos. He scored a try and kicked the match winning field goal in the Panthers 23-22 win at Penrith Stadium.[7][8] After playing just 6 games in the NRL, he suffered a season ending shoulder injury in Round 8 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[9]
References
- ↑ "Te Maire Martin - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1995-10-02. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ↑ "Te Maire Martin secures future".
- ↑ "2015 Holden Cup Team of the Year". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
- ↑ "Kiwi kids cause Kangaroos upset". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
- ↑ DAVID LONG (2 May 2015). "Junior Kangaroos edge Junior Kiwis by two in thriller on Gold Coast". Stuff.
- ↑ "Five more added to Kiwis training squad". sports.yahoo.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "Fatigue put Martin in right place". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
- ↑ STEVE ZEMEK (19 March 2016). "Former Junior Kiwi Te Maire Martin boots Penrith Panthers to win on debut". Stuff.
- ↑ https://au.sports.yahoo.com/league/a/31440512/shoulder-injury-ends-martins-season/