Jamayne Taunoa-Brown
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| Born | 17 November 1996 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 111 kg (17 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jamayne Taunoa-Brown (born 17 November 1996) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer.
He played as prop for the New Zealand Warriors, St. George Illawarra Dragons and North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Early life
Taunoa-Brown was born in Melbourne, Australia, and is of Indigenous Australian (Kaurna and Narungga)[2] descent through his mother Jaimie who is from South Australia, and Māori (Ngāti Kahungunu) through his father Brandy who is from Napier, New Zealand.[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 the 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. He played 16 matches for the Cowboys in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished third on the table and qualified for the finals. Taunoa-Brown did not feature in the Cowboy's finals campaign which ended at the preliminary final stage against Parramatta.[10] During the 2022 season he also made two appearances for the Cowboy's Queensland Cup feeder club, the Northern Pride. He made 17 appearances for North Queensland in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table.[11]
On 19 November it was announced that the Cowboys were set to offer Taunoa-Brown a lifeline for his career to get back on track but just a day later on 20 November 2024, after missing the entire 2024 NRL season with back-to-back Achilles injuries, he announced his immediate retirement from rugby league.[12][13]
Statistics
| Year | Team | Games | Tries | Pts |
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| 2020 |  New Zealand Warriors
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19 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 13 | |||
| 2021 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons
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2 | ||
| 2022 |  North Queensland Cowboys
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16 | ||
| 2023 | 17 | |||
| Totals | 67 | 1 | 4 |
Music career
Taunoa-Brown is also a rapper and hip hop producer, going under the pseudonym "Yung Maynie".[14]
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Indigenous map showcases NRL, NRLW players' heritage". NRL. 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. 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.
- ^ "'See it in their eyes': The late-season pact and 'massive sacrifice' behind Eels surge". www.foxsports.com.au.
- ^ "NRL 2023: North Queensland Cowboys season review". www.sportingnews.com.
- ^ "Four-time All Star Jamayne Taunoa-Brown announces retirement from NRL". Herald Sun. 20 November 2024.
- ^ Chalk, Ethan Lee (18 November 2024). "Cowboys forward thrown lifeline as he attempts to secure full-time deal". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Yung Maynie". Triplejunearthed.com. 17 January 2019.