1. Rhyse Martin was born on 1 March 1993 and is a Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League.
22 Facts About Rhyse Martin
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Rhyse Martin previously played for the Leeds Rhinos and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.
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Rhyse Martin played his junior rugby league for the Proserpine Brahmans.
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In 2011, Rhyse Martin played for the Sydney Roosters SG Ball Cup side.
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Rhyse Martin played for the Roosters NYC team in 2012 and 2013, captaining the side.
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In 2014, Rhyse Martin joined the Roosters' NRL squad but did not make his first grade debut, spending the season playing for their feeder club, the Newtown Jets.
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In 2015, Rhyse Martin returned to North Queensland, joining the newly formed Intrust Super Cup team, the Townsville Blackhawks.
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In May 2016, Rhyse Martin was selected again for Papua New Guinea for the Melanesian Cup but withdrew for personal reasons.
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Rhyse Martin again played for the Townsville Blackhawks in 2016 and was named at second-row in the 2016 Intrust Super Cup team of the year.
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On 14 September 2016, Rhyse Martin signed a two-year deal with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
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Rhyse Martin spent 2017 playing for the Bulldogs NSW Cup team.
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Rhyse Martin played in all 4 matches for Papua New Guinea, scoring 2 tries and kicking 16 goals in their 2017 Rugby League World Cup campaign.
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In round 17 against the Canberra Raiders, Rhyse Martin became the first NRL player to score 24 points in a losing side.
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On 23 July 2018, Rhyse Martin re-signed with Canterbury-Bankstown for a year to the end of the 2018 season.
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Rhyse Martin finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 14 matches, scoring 4 tries and produced the greatest goalkicking for the season, converting 36 goals from 38 attempts at an incredible 94.7 per cent and being the highest point-scorer with 88 for the club in the 2018 NRL season.
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On 17 December 2018, Rhyse Martin was named in the emerging Queensland squad.
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Rhyse Martin made 25 appearances for Leeds in the 2021 Super League season including the semi-final defeat against St Helens RFC as the club made it to within one game of the grand final.
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Rhyse Martin scored a second half try and kicked two goals in the match.
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Rhyse Martin had previously kicked 41 successful goals since July 2022.
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Rhyse Martin played a total of 27 games for Leeds in the 2023 Super League season as the club finished 8th on the table and missed the playoffs.
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Rhyse Martin finished with ten tries and as the clubs top point scorer with 200 points.
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On 28 August, Rhyse Martin signed a two-year deal to join Hull Kingston Rovers starting in the 2025 Super League season.