Josh Papalii Papali'i was born on 13 May 1992 and is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL.
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33 Facts About Josh Papalii
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Josh Papalii has played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII and Queensland in the State of Origin series.
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Josh Papalii moved to Australia at the age of 5 and was raised in Woodridge, Queensland.
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Josh Papalii played his junior rugby league for Logan Brothers before being signed by the Canberra Raiders.
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In 2010 Josh Papalii represented the Queensland under 18 side and was selected in the Junior Kiwis' training squad, although he did not make the final side.
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Josh Papalii finished the 2012 NRL season with him playing in all the Raiders 26 matches and scoring 7 tries.
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Josh Papalii continued into Game 3, helping Queensland extend their record for consecutive series victories to eight.
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Josh Papalii earned selection in the Australia 24-man squad for the 2013 World Cup, playing in 4 matches and scoring 2 tries.
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On 18 October 2013, Josh Papalii was robbed by 2 men at a Manchester nightclub ATM and had around £200 stolen from him.
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Josh Papalii finished the 2014 NRL season with him playing in 19 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Raiders.
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On 14 October 2014, Josh Papalii was selected for Australia in their 2014 Four Nations 24-man squad.
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Josh Papalii played in 4 matches and scored a try in tournament.
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In July 2015, Josh Papalii earned a recall to the Queensland squad for the Game 3 decider against New South Wales.
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Josh Papalii finished off 2015 having played in all the Raiders' 24 games and scored 8 tries.
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On 8 September, Josh Papalii was named the 2015 Prime Minister's XIII train-on squad but was later ruled out due to injury.
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Josh Papalii finished the 2017 NRL season with him playing in 25 matches and scoring 7 tries for the Raiders.
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On 19 September 2017, Papalii and Raiders hooker Josh Hodgson were named as the dual winners of the Raiders 2016 Player of the Year Mal Meninga Medal.
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On 4 October 2016, Josh Papalii was selected in the Kangaroos 2016 Four Nations 24-man squad.
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Later on, 13 October 2016, Josh Papalii withdrew himself from the squad due an ankle injury and was replaced by Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles player Jake Trbojevic.
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On 27 April 2017, Josh Papalii was stood down by the Raiders for 1 match and the Kangaroos for the 2017 ANZAC Test after he was convicted of drink-driving after he bizarrely called triple 000 twice to report himself driving erratically in the early hours of 15 January 2017.
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The court heard Josh Papalii was sprung after police received an anonymous triple-0 call to report a black Jeep driving on the wrong side of the road in Gungahlin about 2.
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Josh Papalii finished the 2017 NRL season with him playing in 20 matches and scoring 5 tries for the Raiders.
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On 6 October 2017, after missing selection for the Kangaroos for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, Josh Papalii was selected in the 24-man squad for Samoa to honour his grandfather who died while he was in camp with the Prime Minister's XIII squad, which he pulled out of the match to spend time with family.
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On 3 April 2018, Josh Papalii was dropped to reserve grade by coach Ricky Stuart along with fellow Canberra player Blake Austin after a tough opening month to the competition where Canberra lost their opening 4 games.
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On 15 June 2018, Josh Papalii extended his contract with the Raiders on a 4-year deal until the end of 2022.
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Josh Papalii finished the 2018 NRL season with him playing in 22 matches and scoring 5 tries for the Raiders.
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On 11 September 2018, Josh Papalii was received the Mal Meninga Medal for being the Raiders Best Player of the Year.
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Josh Papalii had another outstanding season in 2020 for Canberra and was rewarded with his fourth Meninga Medal, this time sharing the award with Jack Wighton as they finished atop the voting for the club's player of the year.
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Josh Papalii played a total of 22 games and featured in all three of the club's finals matches as the club reached the preliminary finalbut were defeated by Melbourne.
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In 2013, Josh Papalii was a youth leader at his Christian church in Canberra conducting weekly bible studies.
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