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Demitric Sifakula (born 15 March 2004) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Sifakula was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He was educated at De La Salle College, Māngere East. He was an Otahuhu Leopards junior.
Sikakula was first signed by the New Zealand Warriors in 2019 as a 15-year-old from the Otahuhu Leopards. In 2023, after impressive performances in the lower grades, and in the Warriors opening trial fixture, Sifakula was upgraded to a top 30 contract and re-signed until the end of 2025.
Sifakula made his first grade debut in his side's 14−0 loss to the Sydney Roosters at Mount Smart Stadium in round 9 of the 2023 NRL season. In his second match against the Penrith Panthers, Sikakula was sent to the sin bin by referee Todd Smith for apparently striking Penrith's Nathan Cleary. Sikakula was not charged by the NRL match review over the incident.
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Highly-rated back rower Demitric Sifakula moved into the One New Zealand Warriors’ fulltime NRL squad in February after being secured to the end of the 2025 season. The Otahuhu Leopards junior was upgraded from a development contract after first being signed by the club as a 15-year-old.
He impressed in his debut for the club when he started in the second row in the 48-12 Preseason Challenge win over Wests Tigers at Go Media Stadium in February and was also used in the final trial against Melbourne in Christchurch a week later.
After outstanding performances with the New South Wales Cup side, Sifakula was selected to make his NRL debut as Warrior #280 in the ninth-round match against the Roosters. He had a 19-minute stint off the bench and reprised the role the following week against Penrith when he had 23 minutes off the bench making 34 metres from four runs with three tackle breaks, and off load and 20 tackles without a miss. He returned for a third outing in the round 13 clash against Brisbane in Napier but the rest of his campaign was hampered by knee injuries including a season-ending ACL setback.
In his 12 New South Wales Cup appearances this year he scored four tries while averaging 93 metres and 26 tackles a game with five line breaks and 38 tackle breaks.
Sifakula juggled rugby league and rugby union at school level when he played for De La Salle College’s First XV. Re-signed by the One New Zealand Warriors as a 17-year-old, he was based in Australia training with the club in 2022 where he made his debut for feeder club Redcliffe in the Queensland colts’ competition.
He featured in each of the Dolphins’ last six matches of the season, scoring two tries – one of them in the side’s grand final defeat – and averaging 105 metres and making 28 tackle breaks.
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Sifakula was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He was educated at De La Salle College, Māngere East. He was an Otahuhu Leopards junior.
Sikakula was first signed by the New Zealand Warriors in 2019 as a 15-year-old from the Otahuhu Leopards. In 2023, after impressive performances in the lower grades, and in the Warriors opening trial fixture, Sifakula was upgraded to a top 30 contract and re-signed until the end of 2025.
Sifakula made his first grade debut in his side's 14−0 loss to the Sydney Roosters at Mount Smart Stadium in round 9 of the 2023 NRL season. In his second match against the Penrith Panthers, Sikakula was sent to the sin bin by referee Todd Smith for apparently striking Penrith's Nathan Cleary. Sikakula was not charged by the NRL match review over the incident.
Demitric Sifakula - Wikipedia
Highly-rated back rower Demitric Sifakula moved into the One New Zealand Warriors’ fulltime NRL squad in February after being secured to the end of the 2025 season. The Otahuhu Leopards junior was upgraded from a development contract after first being signed by the club as a 15-year-old.
He impressed in his debut for the club when he started in the second row in the 48-12 Preseason Challenge win over Wests Tigers at Go Media Stadium in February and was also used in the final trial against Melbourne in Christchurch a week later.
After outstanding performances with the New South Wales Cup side, Sifakula was selected to make his NRL debut as Warrior #280 in the ninth-round match against the Roosters. He had a 19-minute stint off the bench and reprised the role the following week against Penrith when he had 23 minutes off the bench making 34 metres from four runs with three tackle breaks, and off load and 20 tackles without a miss. He returned for a third outing in the round 13 clash against Brisbane in Napier but the rest of his campaign was hampered by knee injuries including a season-ending ACL setback.
In his 12 New South Wales Cup appearances this year he scored four tries while averaging 93 metres and 26 tackles a game with five line breaks and 38 tackle breaks.
Sifakula juggled rugby league and rugby union at school level when he played for De La Salle College’s First XV. Re-signed by the One New Zealand Warriors as a 17-year-old, he was based in Australia training with the club in 2022 where he made his debut for feeder club Redcliffe in the Queensland colts’ competition.
He featured in each of the Dolphins’ last six matches of the season, scoring two tries – one of them in the side’s grand final defeat – and averaging 105 metres and making 28 tackle breaks.
Demitric Sifakula
The NRL profile of Demitric Sifakula including career statistics, season stats, games, tries, goals, tackles and fantasy scores.
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Demitric Sifakula - Playing Career - RLP
A summary of the career stats for Demitric Sifakula, a rugby league player who played for the Warriors.
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