Dylan Napa
rugby player
Dylan Napa (born 13 November 1992) is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Glebe Dirty Reds in the Ron Massey Cup.
Napa has previously played for the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs and had a previous stint with the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL), where he won the 2018 NRL Premiership. He also played for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League.
Through ancestry, he made three appearances for the Cook Islands in 2013. He has also played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII and for Queensland in the State of Origin series.
Early years
Napa was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, the son of a Cook Islands-born father and an Australian mother.
He attended St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe, and then went on to play junior football for the Brighton Roosters, North St Joeys, Aspley Devils, the Brisbane Brothers before being signed by the Sydney Roosters. Napa played for the Roosters NYC team in 2011 and 2012. Napa was named as a prop in the inaugural under 20s State of Origin match for Queensland in 2012. At the end of 2012, Napa was named on the interchange bench in the under 20s team of the year.
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