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Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens

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Height

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Weight

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Teams

News

Super Rugby 'I couldn't see myself ever going back': How New Zealand Rugby nearly lost its next big star to the NRL

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Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens hardly let the ink on his final high school exam dry before his professional rugby career took off, but it could have taken a drastically different turn had an NRL club had its way.

by Alex McLeod

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How the Blues won a three-way tug-of-war to secure one of New Zealand's brightest young talents

With just seven weeks until a potential Super Rugby debut, Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens opens up to RugbyPass about how he was at the centre of a tug-of-war between three Kiwi franchises.

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Statistics

2021

2021
2020

Average Gain

3.5m

Carries

35

Metres

123
Minutes Played %

Minutes

0

Games

6

Total

0
Tackles Won %

Attempts

38

Successful

34

Misses

4
Penalties Conceded

4

Total

4

Attack

0

Defence

4

Attack

Points

10

Tries

2

Metres

123

Runs

35

Defenders Beaten

16

Clean Breaks

5

Passes

34

Try Assists

5
Kicking

Kicks

10

Conversion Goals

0

Penalty Goals

0
Defence

Tackles

34

Tackles Missed

4

Turnovers Won

7

Turnovers Conceded

3
Discipline

Penalties Conceded

1

Yellow Cards

0

Red Cards

0