James Stosic
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| Full name | James Stosic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 21 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Stosic (born 22 September 1981) is a former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup.[2]
Early years
[edit | edit source]A Waitara Bears junior, Stosic attended New Plymouth Boys High School and represented Taranaki in 1998 as a 17-year-old alongside his brother Sasho. He attended New Plymouth Boys High.[3] That year Stosic made the New Zealand Secondary School team and the New Zealand 18 years Academy Team. He played for the academy team at the Under 19s Oceania Tournament and was named the forward of the tournament.[4]
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Stosic previously Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League competition. His usual position is Prop. He is of New Zealand Māori decent on his mother's side and Macedonian descent on his father's side.[5]
Stosic signed for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on 10 November 2008. Since then, he has played in 4 Super League matches for the Wildcats, before injuring his leg during the Wildcats victory over Warrington Wolves in round 4. He was out of action for 12 weeks.
Representative career
[edit | edit source]In 1999 he toured Papua New Guinea with the New Zealand Māori side.[6]
He was named in the Serbian training squad for the 2009 European Cup.[7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.144
- ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.181
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- 1981 births
- Living people
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players
- Brisbane Tigers players
- Gold Coast Titans players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby league players in Australia
- New Zealand Māori rugby league players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league team players
- New Zealand people of Macedonian descent
- New Zealand rugby league players
- People educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School
- Rugby league players from New Plymouth
- Rugby league props
- Taranaki rugby league team players
- Waitara Bears players
- Wakefield Trinity players