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Charlie Staines (rugby league)

Charlie Staines
Personal information
Born (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 24)
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Fullback, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020–22 Penrith Panthers 38 23 0 0 92
2023– Wests Tigers 31 12 0 0 48
Total 69 35 0 0 140
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2022 Samoa 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 9 October 2024

Charlie Staines (born 4 October 2000) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or fullback for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL).

He previously played with the Penrith Panthers, with whom he won the 2022 NRL Grand Final.

Background

Staines was born in Forbes, New South Wales to Shane and Lisa Staines and was educated at Forbes High School. He played his junior rugby league for the Forbes Magpies before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. Staines is of Samoan descent through his grandfather.[2]

Playing career

2020

On 11 July, Staines made his début in round 9 of the 2020 NRL season for Penrith against Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[3] He went on to score four tries, only the sixth player since 1908 to score four or more tries on debut and the first player since 2008.[4][5]

On 13 July, Staines was stood down by Penrith after breaking strict Coronavirus protocols. Staines had hosted a party at his residence where ten people were invited including members of his family.[6]

In round 12, Staines scored two tries as Penrith defeated Manly 42-12 at Brookvale Oval. Staines became the first player in 83 years to score six tries from the opening two games in his career.[7]

2021

In round 5 of the 2021 NRL season, Staines scored two tries for Penrith in a 30-10 victory over Canberra.[8]

In round 9 against Cronulla-Sutherland, he scored a hat-trick in a 48-0 victory.[9]

In round 10, he scored two tries for Penrith in a 48-12 victory over the Gold Coast.[10] In round 12, he scored two tries in a 30-4 victory over the bottom placed Canterbury side.[11]

In round 18, he scored two tries for Penrith in their victory over the New Zealand Warriors.[12] Staines played a total of 21 games for Penrith in the 2021 NRL season but was not selected for Penrith's grand final team which defeated South Sydney to claim their third premiership.[13]

2022

Staines spent most of the 2022 NRL season in the NSW Cup with Ivan Cleary deciding to go with Taylan May and Brian To'o as the preferred wing options. Staines was called into the Penrith side for the preliminary final against South Sydney as a replacement for the injured May. Staines later kept his place for the 2022 NRL Grand Final as May had not recovered from his hamstring injury.[14] Staines played on the wing for Penrith in their grand final victory over Parramatta scoring a try in the second half.[15] On 20 October, Staines joined the Wests Tigers in a swap deal with Tyrone Peachey.[16]

2023

In round 1 of the 2023 NRL season, Staines made his club debut for the Wests Tigers in their 22-10 loss against the Gold Coast. Following the clubs round 8 loss to Manly, Staines was rushed to hospital with a small bowel perforation which required emergency surgery. Staines was later ruled out for twelve weeks.[17] Staines was limited to only nine games for the Wests Tigers as the club finished with the wooden spoon for a second straight year.[18]

2024

In round 8 of the 2024 NRL season, Staines scored two tries for the Wests Tigers in their 34-10 loss against Brisbane.[19] Staines played a total of 22 games and scored nine tries for the Wests Tigers throughout the season as the club finished with the wooden spoon.[20]

Statistics

Year Team Games Tries Pts
2020 Penrith Panthers 2 6 24
2021 21 14 56
2022 16 3 12
2023 Wests Tigers 9 3 12
2024 22 9 36
Totals 69 35 140

References

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ Walter, Brad (4 May 2021). "Samoa knock back Johns brothers, SBW coaching dream team". NRL.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Round 9 NRL team lists". NRL.com. 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ Savage, Nic (11 July 2020). "NRL round 9:Penrith Panthers rookie Charlie Staines scores four tries on debut against Cronulla Sharks". Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^ "Panthers pile the pain on Cronulla". www.abc.net.au.
  6. ^ "Charlie Staines NRL 2020 Coronavirus breach". Sporting News.
  7. ^ "Charlie Staines stars in massive Penrith win over Manly". www.espn.com.au.
  8. ^ "Penrith fans viking clap mockery ignites heated match". www.news.com.au.
  9. ^ "Parramatta Eels outmuscle Sydney Roosters, Penrith Panthers demolish Cronulla Sharks". www.abc.net.au.
  10. ^ "Penrith, Parramatta and Melbourne — all score wins on final day of Magic Round". www.abc.net.au.
  11. ^ "Penrith Panthers cruise past last-placed Bulldogs as Roosters and Rabbitohs also win big in NRL". www.abc.net.au.
  12. ^ "Canterbury's Lachlan Lewis sin-binned in 32-24 NRL loss to South Sydney as Penrith, Wests Tigers triumph". www.abc.net.au.
  13. ^ "One of finest NRL grand finals of all time provides cure to difficult season". www.theguardian.com. 3 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Staines a ready made replacement if Mayday call comes". www.nrl.com.
  15. ^ "We hate Parra as Panthers mock Eels as Koroisau pokes fun at Tigers". www.smh.com.au.
  16. ^ "Huge Peachey, Staines swap deal set to be announced as Panthers' $500k flyer departs". www.foxsports.com.au.
  17. ^ "'Hit like a ton of bricks': Tigers flyer out for 12 weeks as details of freak bowel injury revealed". www.foxsports.com.au.
  18. ^ "'Circus act' that summed up year from hell... and big call left for Benji: Wests Tigers Brutal Review". www.foxsports.com.au.
  19. ^ "Fan headbutts security guard during Wests Tigers vs Brisbane Broncos game". www.news.com.au.
  20. ^ "'Either the best or worst game all year': NRL world 'can't look away' from Spoon Bowl". www.foxsports.com.au.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Staines_(rugby_league)