{"id":360913,"date":"2024-01-18T18:27:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T19:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=360913"},"modified":"2024-01-18T23:02:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T23:02:55","slug":"gould-lands-lightning-nephew-of-kiwi-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=360913","title":{"rendered":"Gould lands 'lightning' nephew of Kiwi legend"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bulldogs<\/a> have signed one of the best all-round young sportsmen in New Zealand as they continue their build-up for 2024 and beyond.<\/p>\n

Roy Tatupu, whose uncle Tony had a long and distinguished career for the Warriors<\/a>, Kiwis and Samoa, has signed to play with the club for the next two years.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs beat a host of NRL clubs as well as Kiwi rugby outfits to sign the talented outside back.<\/p>\n

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The 17-year-old has played for both the Auckland Blues Rugby Union Academy and the NZ Open Men's volleyball team, as well as excelling at league with well-known breeding ground Mount Albert Grammar School.<\/p>\n

Standing at 190cm and weighing 94kgs, Tatupu has lightning pace and has also shown promise in athletics and basketball.<\/p>\n

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But he has decided on a career in league and the Bulldogs believe they have found a good one.<\/p>\n

The youngster's ability has already caught the eye of Bulldogs guru Phil Gould.<\/p>\n

"Roy is going OK in the week or so he has been here – he has shown some really good signs at training," Gould told Wide World of Sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bulldogs have signed one of the best all-round young sportsmen in New Zealand as they continue their build-up for 2024 and beyond. Roy Tatupu, […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=360913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360915,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360913\/revisions\/360915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=360913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=360913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=360913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}