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: 157
Tries: 14

Appearances: 25

Scoring

Tries: 2

Attack

Tackle Breaks: 78
Average Hit Ups: 13.4
Post Contact Metres: 1195.6

Passing

Offloads: 43

Defence

Tackles Made: 727
Tackle Efficiency

Running Metres

Average Running Metres: 148.8
Total Running Metres: 3720

Fantasy

Total Points: 1325
Average Points: 53

2019 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	Wests Tigers	Lost	20 - 6	Prop	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	29	-	11	33	-	74	74	-
2	Roosters	Lost	18 - 26	Prop	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	54	3	24	36	1	187	135	35
3	Warriors	Won	46 - 12	Prop	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	53	3	19	24	2	186	116	63
4	Rabbitohs	Won	13 - 12	Prop	47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	65	-	22	25	1	206	206	-
5	Knights	Won	18 - 26	Prop	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	24	1	13	19	1	120	91	29
6	Dragons	Lost	12 - 10	Prop	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	68	-	17	27	-	168	139	18
7	Raiders	Won	24 - 20	Prop	42	1	-	4	-	-	-	1	7	38	3	16	19	1	156	110	46
8	Bulldogs	Won	18 - 10	Prop	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	58	1	17	22	-	176	129	46
9	Broncos	Lost	10 - 26	Prop	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	68	1	19	31	3	179	154	21
10	Sharks	Won	14 - 24	Prop	47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	32	5	17	23	2	125	125	-
11	Titans	Lost	18 - 36	Prop	52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	44	3	15	35	1	117	117	-
12	Panthers	Lost	15 - 12	Prop	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	48	1	19	31	2	154	146	-
13	Cowboys	Won	20 - 22	Prop	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	71	3	21	25	1	190	165	16
14	Dragons	Won	34 - 14	Prop	59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	44	4	20	33	1	162	131	31
15	Titans	Won	12 - 30	Prop	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	40	-	14	34	1	126	117	-
17	Rabbitohs	Lost	21 - 20	Prop	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	56	2	18	30	3	161	151	-
18	Eels	Won	36 - 24	Prop	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	26	1	13	27	1	132	70	62
19	Storm	Won	10 - 11	Prop	59	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	1	40	4	19	36	1	124	91	32
20	Knights	Won	30 - 6	Prop	36	1	-	4	-	-	-	1	3	38	-	14	28	-	120	105	14
21	Warriors	Lost	24 - 16	Prop	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	66	-	18	35	1	171	143	22
22	Wests Tigers	Won	32 - 12	Prop	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	56	1	20	22	-	160	132	23
23	Raiders	Won	14 - 18	Prop	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	64	2	17	29	3	147	126	14
24	Storm	Lost	6 - 36	Prop	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	27	1	10	41	2	87	73	14
25	Eels	Lost	32 - 16	Prop	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	32	1	13	25	-	135	94	40
27	Rabbitohs	Lost	34 - 26	Prop	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	57	3	15	37	4	147	120	26

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	222	18.0
Wests Tigers	2014	24	10	14	-	42%	3	-	12	-	-	-	72	798	22	447	33	2,181	90.91	281	752	31.0
Wests Tigers	2015	21	6	15	-	29%	4	-	16	26	1.24	-	91	905	28	573	42	2,302	109.64	53	1,073	51.0
Sea Eagles	2016	20	7	13	-	35%	3	-	12	17	0.86	1	58	1,068	32	536	34	2,847	142.39	160	994	49.0
Sea Eagles	2017	22	13	9	-	59%	1	-	4	-	-	-	87	1,325	73	522	54	3,551	161.45	480	1,139	51.0
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
Sea Eagles	2019	25	14	11	-	56%	2	-	8	5	0.22	1	78	1,196	43	727	32	3,720	148.82	560	1,325	53.0

Career Overall

	Year Start	Year End	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
Sea Eagles	2016	2019	91	41	50	-	-	6	-	24	55	0.60	3	330	4,867	219	2,455	161	13,889	152.00	1,821	4,793	52.7
Bulldogs	2010	2013	21	12	9	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	18	306	4	283	13	1,385	62.00	123	242	11.0
Wests Tigers	2014	2015	45	16	29	-	-	7	-	28	10	0.22	-	162	1,639	49	1,015	73	4,277	95.00	316	1,785	39.7