Jamayne Taunoa-Brown
Jamayne Taunoa-Brown is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer.
He played as for the New Zealand Warriors, St. George Illawarra Dragons and North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League.
Early life
Taunoa-Brown was born in Melbourne, Australia, and is of Indigenous Australian descent through his mother Jaimie who is from South Australia, and Māori through his father Brandy who is from Napier, New Zealand. He played his junior rugby league for the Altona Roosters where he then went onto play junior representative rugby league for both the Melbourne Storm and Newcastle Knights.Playing career
Taunoa-Brown represented the Indigenous All Stars in the 2020 All Stars match.Taunoa-Brown made his NRL debut in round 1 of the 2020 NRL season for the New Zealand Warriors against the Newcastle Knights
starting from the bench, in the 20–0 loss. He scored his first try in the Warriors' 18–0 win over the St. George Illawarra Dragons in round 3 of the same season.
Taunoa-Brown joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons in July 2021 on a short-term loan deal.
On 21 October 2021, he was granted a release by the Warriors from the final year of his contract and signed with the North Queensland Cowboys until the end of the 2023 season.