Brendan Piakura

Brendan Piakura (born 16 May 2002) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.

Brendan Piakura
Personal information
Born (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021– Brisbane Broncos 1 0 0 0 0
As of 7 September 2021
Source: RLP

Background

Piakura was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and raised on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[1] He is of Cook Islands descent.

He played his junior rugby league for the Helensvale Hornets and attended Coombabah State High School and Palm Beach Currumbin State High School before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.[2][3]

Playing career

Early career

In 2018, Piakura represented the Queensland under-16 team.[4]

In 2019, he played for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Mal Meninga Cup, starting at second row in their state and national finals wins.[5] In June 2019, he represented the Queensland under-18 team.[6] In September 2019, he represented the Australian Schoolboys in their 36–20 win over the Junior Kiwis.[7]

2021

Piakura began the season playing for the Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup.[8]

On 15 April, he re-signed with the Brisbane club until the end of the 2024 season.[9]

In Round 24 of the 2021 NRL season, Piakura made his NRL debut for Brisbane in a loss to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[10] He was sin-binned six minutes into his debut for a late tackle on Cronulla halfback Braydon Trindall, and was later suspended for two games.[11]

Piakura once completing his two match suspension played for Norths Devils in the Queensland cup finals, playing in wins over Tweed Heads Seagulls and Burleigh Bears. Piakura failed a HIA against Burleigh Bears in the preliminary final five minutes into the game and missed the Grand Final win over Wynnum Manly Seagulls the following week as a result of failing the HIA.

References
  1. "Queensland young gun Brendan Piakura chased by seven rival NRL clubs". The Daily Telegraph. 28 November 2020.
  2. "Brendan Piakura to play first game for Palm Beach Currumbin since switching from Coombabah". Gold Coast Bulletin. 17 June 2019.
  3. "REVEALED: Coast's best NRL breeding grounds". Gold Coast Bulletin. 1 April 2021.
  4. "Queensland Under 16 team". QRL. 9 July 2018.
  5. "Red-hot Tweed Seagulls claim national title". QRL. 12 May 2019.
  6. "Queensland Under 18 team named". QRL. 26 May 2019.
  7. "Walker and Howarth shine in Schoolboys big win". NRL. 29 September 2019.
  8. "Piakura stars as Devils beat Milford's Magpies". Brisbane Broncos. 19 April 2021.
  9. "Exciting Piakura Commits Long-Term To Broncos". Brisbane Broncos. 15 April 2021.
  10. "Team List Update: Piakura To Debut". Brisbane Broncos. 28 August 2021.
  11. "Six-minute debut soured as hyped $1.2M Broncos teen binned". Fox Sports Australia. 28 August 2021.
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