Kelepi Tanginoa

Kelepi Tanginoa

Tanginoa playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2014.
Personal information
Born	(1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 23) Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2013–14 Parramatta Eels 13 0 0 0 0 2015 North Queensland 3 0 0 0 0 2016– Parramatta Eels 0 0 0 0 0 Total 16 0 0 0 0
As of 22 October 2015 Source:

Kelepi Tanginoa (born 1 March 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row and lock, and previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys.

Born in Auburn, New South Wales, Tanginoa played his junior football for the Canley Heights Dragons, CVD Edensor Park Cobras and Cabramatta Two Blues before being signed by the Parramatta Eels, playing for their Harold Matthews Cup, SG Ball Cup and NYC teams. He attended Westfields Sport High School where he represented the Australian Schoolboys in 2012. In 2010, Tanginoa represented the New South Wales under-16s side and in 2012 represented the New South Wales under-18s.

In Round 2 of the 2013 NRL season, Tanginoa made his NRL debut for the Eels against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. In April, Tanginoa played for the New South Wales Under 20s team. He played 9 games for the Eels in his rookie year before succumbing to a fractured hand and then a stress fracture in his right foot.

In July 2013, Tanginoa re-signed with the Eels on a 2-year contract.

On 29 August 2014, Tanginoa was released from his Eels contract, signing a 2-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys, starting in 2015.