Tyla Hepi
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 15 June 1993 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 13 lb (101 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of 25 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tyla Hepi (born 15 June 1993) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Doncaster RLFC in the Betfred Championship.[5]
Playing career
[edit]He previously played for Hull Kingston Rovers and Castleford Tigers in the Super League, and on loan from Hull KR at the Gloucestershire All Golds in League 1. Hepi has also played for Whitehaven and Toulouse Olympique in the Championship, and the Wyong Roos in the NSW Cup.[6] and in the Auckland Rugby League competition for the Point Chevalier Pirates.[7]
Doncaster RLFC
[edit]On 24 Nov 2023 it was reported that he had signed for Doncaster RLFC in the RFL Championship[8]
Personal
[edit]Tyla is the son of coach and former player Brad Hepi.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tyla Hepi Biography". Castleford Tigers. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ "Player Summary: Tyla Hepi". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "Toulouse add Tyla Hepi". loverugbyleague. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ "Toulouse add Tyla Hepi". Gloucestershire All Golds. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Into his league". BBC. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ "Ambitious Championship club 'beat Super League competition' to secure signature of experienced forward who follows in father's footsteps". Love Rugby League. 24 November 2023.
External links
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tyla Hepi.
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Castleford Tigers players
- Doncaster R.L.F.C. players
- Expatriate rugby league players in France
- New Zealand expatriate rugby league players in England
- Featherstone Rovers players
- Gloucestershire All Golds players
- Hull Kingston Rovers players
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby league players in France
- People educated at Mount Albert Grammar School
- Point Chevalier Pirates players
- Rugby league players from Auckland
- Rugby league second-rows
- Toulouse Olympique players
- Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players
- Wyong Roos players