Chanel Harris-Tavita

Chanel Harris-Tavita (born 3 April 1999) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback or five-eighth for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL.

Chanel Harris-Tavita
Personal information
Born (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999
Auckland, New Zealand
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Playing information
PositionHalfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– New Zealand Warriors 26 4 51 0 118
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Samoa 1 1 0 0 4
As of 18 November 2020
Source: [1]

Background

Harris-Tavita was born in Auckland, New Zealand and is of Maori and Samoan descent. His grandfather Ray Harris represented New Zealand Maori and Auckland.

Playing career

A clever ball player, Chanel was named the NZ Warriors 2017 NYC player of the year.

He made his NYC debut on his 17th birthday in 2016 and, after two seasons in the under-20 grade, was moved up to develop his game in the Intrust Super Premiership in 2018.

In round 4 of the 2019 NRL season, Harris-Tavita made his NRL debut against the Gold Coast Titans. He was viewed as Shaun Johnson long term replacement, who signed with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in late 2018.

References

https://www.warriors.kiwi/teams/telstra-premiership/warriors/chanel-harris-tavita/

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