Martin Taupau

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Height:: 190 cm

Weight:: 112 kg

Age:: 29

Date of Birth:: 03 February 1990

Birthplace:: Auckland, NZ

Nickname:: -

Debut Club:: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Opposition:: New Zealand Warriors

Date:: 10 April 2010
Round:: 5

Previous Clubs:: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Wests Tigers

Junior Club:: Padstow Panthers/Greenacre Tigers

Biography:

Regarded as the strongest player in the NRL for his ability to lift massive weights, Marty goes by the nick-name of ‘Kapow’. A powerful runner, strong defender and a prop with a tremendous offload, the experienced New Zealand international spearheads the Sea Eagles pack.

Off the field, Martin enjoys playing golf and lists his favourite character as Hercules, played by The Rock.

Appearances: 132
Tries: 12

Appearances: 24

Scoring

Tries: 0

Attack

Tackle Breaks: 107
Average Hit Ups: 13.2
Post Contact Metres: 1271.7

Passing

Offloads: 71

Defence

Tackles Made: 671
Tackle Efficiency

Running Metres

Average Running Metres: 156.8
Total Running Metres: 3764

Fantasy

Total Points: 1366
Average Points: 56

2018 Season - By Round
Summary															Passing		Defence		Running Metres
Round	Opponent		Score	Position	Minutes Played	Tries	Goals	Points	Kicking Metres	Forced Drop Outs	Try Assists	Linebreaks	Tackle Breaks	Post Contact Metres	Offloads	Receipts	Tackles Made	Missed Tackles	Total Running Metres	Hit Up Running Metres	Kick Return Metres
1	Knights	Lost	19 - 18	Prop	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	44	6	19	29	2	181	145	36
2	Eels	Won	54 - 0	Prop	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	38	5	18	13	-	148	110	38
3	Rabbitohs	Lost	34 - 6	Prop	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	64	2	15	27	5	159	146	12
4	Raiders	Won	32 - 16	Prop	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	62	4	19	22	1	200	154	45
5	Titans	Lost	32 - 20	Prop	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	32	3	12	24	1	109	78	30
6	Wests Tigers	Lost	12 - 38	Prop	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	37	3	16	29	1	119	99	20
7	Eels	Lost	44 - 10	Prop	44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	32	1	12	29	1	100	51	42
8	Knights	Lost	12 - 18	Prop	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	102	3	23	43	4	234	224	10
9	Roosters	Lost	22 - 20	Prop	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	91	3	29	26	1	290	200	81
10	Broncos	Won	38 - 24	Prop	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	46	2	9	32	1	99	99	-
11	Storm	Won	4 - 24	Prop	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	56	4	19	28	1	161	131	29
12	Raiders	Lost	21 - 20	Prop	65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	62	1	20	37	2	189	146	42
13	Cowboys	Lost	12 - 26	Prop	58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	31	7	17	47	6	107	102	-
14	Warriors	Lost	14 - 34	Prop	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	75	3	18	30	2	186	186	-
15	Dragons	Lost	32 - 8	Prop	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	5	13	25	4	114	81	27
16	Panthers	Won	10 - 18	Prop	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	59	2	18	12	-	148	103	38
18	Storm	Lost	13 - 14	Prop	56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	96	3	24	25	1	263	192	71
19	Roosters	Lost	24 - 56	Prop	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	55	3	15	28	1	142	105	37
20	Panthers	Lost	24 - 28	Interchange	53	-	-	-	13	1	-	1	9	38	1	16	28	2	159	124	35
21	Sharks	Won	32 - 33	Prop	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	54	2	17	26	-	156	156	-
22	Bulldogs	Won	18 - 6	Prop	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	50	1	14	21	1	139	120	18
23	Titans	Lost	34 - 42	Prop	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	39	2	10	25	2	92	92	-
24	Wests Tigers	Lost	22 - 20	Interchange	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	52	2	15	34	1	154	134	-
25	Broncos	Lost	48 - 16	Prop	54	-	-	-	19	-	1	-	1	25	3	16	31	1	103	72	-

Career By Season

	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	Tries	Goals	Points	Kicking Metres	Kicking Metres Average	Forced Drop Outs	Tackle Breaks	Post Contact Metres	Offloads	Tackles Made	Missed Tackles	Total Running Metres	Average Running Metres	Kick Return Metres	Total Points	Average Points
Bulldogs	2010	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	11	-	20	20.00	-	-	-
Bulldogs	2011	3	1	2	-	33%	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	37	2	191	63.67	-	-	-
Bulldogs	2012	6	6	-	-	100%	1	-	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	65	3	277	46.17	-	-	-
Bulldogs	2013	11	5	6	-	45%	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	306	1	170	8	897	74.79	123	1	0.1
Wests Tigers	2014	24	10	14	-	42%	3	-	12	-	-	-	72	798	22	447	33	2,181	90.91	281	740	30.8
Wests Tigers	2015	21	6	15	-	29%	4	-	16	26	1.24	-	91	905	28	573	42	2,302	109.64	53	1,073	51.1
Sea Eagles	2016	20	7	13	-	35%	3	-	12	8	0.39	1	58	1,068	32	536	34	2,847	142.39	160	995	49.8
Sea Eagles	2017	22	13	9	-	59%	1	-	4	-	-	-	87	1,325	73	522	54	3,551	161.45	480	1,140	51.8
Sea Eagles	2018	24	7	17	-	29%	-	-	-	32	1.35	1	107	1,272	71	671	41	3,764	156.84	619	1,366	56.0

Career Overall

	Year Start	Year End	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	Tries	Goals	Points	Kicking Metres	Kicking Metres Average	Tackle Breaks	Post Contact Metres	Offloads	Tackles Made	Missed Tackles	Total Running Metres	Average Running Metres	Kick Return Metres	Total Points	Average Points
Sea Eagles	2016	2018	66	27	39	-	-	4	-	16	50	0.75	252	3,665	176	1,729	129	10,163	153.00	1,260	3,499	53.0
Bulldogs	2010	2013	21	12	9	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	18	306	4	283	13	1,385	62.00	123	7	0.6
Wests Tigers	2014	2015	45	16	29	-	-	7	-	28	26	0.58	163	1,703	50	1,020	75	4,484	99.00	335	1,825	40.6