Marvin Filipo

Marvin Filipo

Personal information
Nickname	Marv
Born	20 March 1987 (1987-03-20) (age 24) New Zealand
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Centre, Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2011–	Newcastle Knights	2	0	0	0	0
Source: RLP

Marvin Filipo (born 20 March 1987) is a rugby league footballer of Samoan/Tokelauan descent, who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row and centre in the NSW Cup competition. He was named in the 2011 Newcastle Knights fulltime train-on squad.

Playing career

Born in New Zealand, Filipo played his junior football with Mangere East Hawks in the Auckland Rugby League competition and the Counties Manukau Jetz in the Bartercard Cup.^[1] In 2004 he played a pre-season match for the New Zealand Warriors. In 2005 he was part of a NZRL's Presidents selection that played a trial against the Warriors.^[2] In 2006 he was part of the Warriors first grade squad but did not make an appearance.^[3]

He left the club at the end of that season, instead joining a feeder club for the Brisbane Broncos.^[4] In May he was summoned to the Newcastle Local Court after being involved in an incident at a kebab store. He was sentenced to 300 hours of community service.^[5] Filipo failed to settle in Brisbane so briefly switched codes to rugby union before heading home to Otara.

He then returned to Australia, joining the Nelson Bay Northern Blues. Filipo made the 2009 Country Firsts Team, while playing for Nelson Bay Northern Blues in the Newcastle Rugby League competition.^[6][7]

He later played for the Central Coast Centurions in 2010 and 2011 in NSW Cup and was named the Centurions Player of the Year in 2010.^[8] In 2011 he was named as a member of the first-grade squad for the Newcastle Knights. He made his NRL debut against the New Zealand Warriors in Round 10 at Ausgrid Stadium.

Representative career

Filipo played for the Junior Kiwis in 2004 and 2005.^[1][9]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Marvin Filipo TVNZ, 24 January 2006
2. ^ NZ Presidents Selection / 2005 Tag International Series leagueunlimited, 24 February 2005
3. ^ Betham to lead Warriors' tyros The Press, 3 February 2004
4. ^ Filipo's belated debut worth the wait New Zealand Herald, 21 May 2011
5. ^ Footballers Tavite Vatuvei and Marvin Filipo admit bag snatch on Newcastle night out The Herald, 6 May 2007
6. ^ 2009 Country Firsts Team crlnsw.com.au
7. ^ Player Listings Northern Blues RLFC
8. ^ Magpies sneak home against Centurions nswrl.com.au, 2 August 2010
9. ^ Junior Kiwis Tie Series Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League, 30 July 2005

External links

• 2011 Newcastle Knights profile

Persondata
Name	Filipo, Marvin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	20 March 1987
Place of birth	New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death