Te Maire Martin

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Te Maire Martin
Te Maire Martin Penrith.jpg
Personal information
Born (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 26)
Tokoroa, Waikato, New Zealand
Playing information
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
PositionFive-eighth, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 Penrith Panthers 13 4 0 1 17
2017–20 North Qld Cowboys 42 10 0 0 40
2022– Brisbane Broncos 0 0 0 0 0
Total 55 14 0 1 57
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–18 New Zealand 4 3 0 0 12
Source: [1]

Te Maire Martin (born 2 October 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth and fullback for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL and is a New Zealand international.

Martin previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys and Penrith Panthers. Martin retired in 2020 due to a bleed on the brain in April 2019 tragically cut his career short at only age 23 but returned to the NRL in 2022 with the Brisbane Broncos.

Background[]

Martin was born in Tokoroa, New Zealand, and is of Māori descent, specifically Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and Waikato Tainui Iwi (tribe).

Martin played his junior football for Turangawaewae before moving to the Gold Coast, Australia and attended Keebra Park State High School on a scholarship.

Playing career[]

Martin playing for the Wests Tigers

Early career[]

Martin was signed by the Wests Tigers and played in their Holden Cup team in 2014 and 2015, where he played in 40 matches and scored 15 tries.[2] In both seasons of his Holden Cup career, Martin was named as the five-eighth in the Holden Cup Team of the Year.[3] On 18 October 2014, Martin played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos, playing at five-eighth and kicked the game-winning field goal, giving the Kiwis the 15-14 victory at Mt Smart Stadium.[4] On 2 May 2015, Martin again played for the Junior Kiwis at five-eighth against the Junior Kangaroos, scoring a try in the 22-20 loss at Cbus Super Stadium.[5]

On 24 September 2015, Martin was named in the New Zealand national rugby league team training squad for their tour of Great Britain, but did not make the final squad.[6]

2016[]

Martin signed with the Penrith Panthers for the 2016 NRL season and played in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines tournament. In Round 3 Martin made his NRL debut playing at five-eighth against the Brisbane Broncos. He scored a try and kicked the match winning field goal in the Panthers 23-22 win at Penrith Stadium.[7][8] After playing just 6 games in the NRL, he suffered a season ending shoulder injury in Round 8 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[9] He finished off the season playing 6 games, scoring 2 tries and 1 field goal.

On 11 November, Martin made his Test debut for New Zealand, coming off the interchange in their 18-all draw with Scotland.

2017[]

After starting the season with the Panthers and playing seven first grade games, Martin moved to the North Queensland Cowboys mid-season on a three-year deal. In Round 17, he made his debut for the Cowboys, starting at five-eighth against the Canberra Raiders, scoring 2 tries in his club debut.[10] On 1 October, Martin started at five-eighth in the Cowboys' 2017 NRL Grand Final loss to the Melbourne Storm, scoring the side's only try.

On 5 October, Martin was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[11]

2018[]

Martin started at five-eighth in Round 1 of the 2018 NRL season, filling in for the injured Michael Morgan and playing alongside Johnathan Thurston for the first time.[12] When Morgan returned in Round 3, Martin played of the interchange for a number of games. In June, he started at five-eighth for New Zealand in their 36-18 loss to England at Mile High Stadium in Denver.[13]

Later in the season, Martin shifted to fullback when Morgan was ruled out for the season, playing five games in the position.[14]

2019[]

Martin started the 2019 season at five-eighth before moving to fullback in Round 3.[15] On 1 May, the Cowboys announced that Martin would be sidelined indefinitely with a small bleed on his brain.[16] On 9 July, Martin returned to training but missed the rest of the season.[17] Martin's contract expired following the 2019 season but he remained at the Cowboys, undertaking pre-season training in the hope of being cleared to play rugby league again.[18]

2020[]

On 12 January 2020, Martin announced his immediate retirement from rugby league. He revealed that he could not get cleared for contact training, effectively ending his career.[19]

2022[]

On 7 January 2022, the Brisbane Broncos announced Te Maire would be joining the club ahead of the 2022 NRL season on a Development contract, after more than 2 years out of the professional ranks of Rugby League. [20] Martin had joined the Broncos in late 2021 originally on a train and trial basis however impressed and was thus awarded a permanent spot on the roster. He passed a final medical clearance and will make his return with Broncos affiliate Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the Intrust Super Cup.

"It's great to see Te Maire back in an NRL system. "Prior to his brain injury he was one hell of a player ... hugely skilful, and a very dangerous ball runner. "Te Maire joins us on a development list contract and I've no doubt will be pushing some of our other notable candidates to partner Adam Reynolds in the halves." - Broncos Head Of Football Ben Ikin

Statistics[]

NRL[]

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season[21]
Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts
2016 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith 6 2 0 — 1 9
2017 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith 7 2 0 — 0 8
2017 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 12 6 0 — 0 24
2018 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 23 1 0 — 0 4
2019 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 7 3 0 0.0% 0 12
Career totals 55 14 0 0.0% 1 57

International[]

Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts
2016 New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 0 — 0 0
2017 New Zealand New Zealand 2 3 0 — 0 0
2018 New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 0 — 0 0
Career totals 4 3 0 — 0 12

References[]

  1. ^ "Te Maire Martin - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 2 October 1995. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Te Maire Martin secures future".
  3. ^ "2015 Holden Cup Team of the Year". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
  4. ^ "Kiwi kids cause Kangaroos upset". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
  5. ^ DAVID LONG (2 May 2015). "Junior Kangaroos edge Junior Kiwis by two in thriller on Gold Coast". Stuff.
  6. ^ "Five more added to Kiwis training squad". sports.yahoo.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Fatigue put Martin in right place". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com.
  8. ^ STEVE ZEMEK (19 March 2016). "Former Junior Kiwi Te Maire Martin boots Penrith Panthers to win on debut". Stuff.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ NRL Digital Media. "Martin signed on multi-year deal". Cowboys. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  11. ^ Media, NRL Digital. "[RLWC2017] Trio picked for Kiwis".
  12. ^ "Martin relishing his Cowboys roller coaster ride". www.townsvillebulletin.com.au. 10 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Couriermail.com.au | Subscribe to The Courier Mail for exclusive stories". www.couriermail.com.au.
  14. ^ "Couriermail.com.au | Subscribe to The Courier Mail for exclusive stories". www.couriermail.com.au.
  15. ^ "Green challenges Martin to make No.1 his own". National Rugby League. 5 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Update on Te Maire Martin". North Queensland Cowboys. 1 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Subscribe to the Townsville Bulletin". www.townsvillebulletin.com.au.
  18. ^ "Kiwi Te Maire Martin trains with Cowboys ahead of meeting with brain specialist". Stuff. 19 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Martin announces immediate retirement". North Queensland Cowboys. 12 January 2020.
  20. ^ https://www.broncos.com.au/news/2022/01/07/te-maire-martin-signs-one-year-development-list-contract-with-broncos/
  21. ^ "Te Maire Martin - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.

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