mt.wellington
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Player Tanner Stowers-Smith
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- Mar 3, 2004
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- Christchurch, New Zealand
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- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Height (cm)
- 183 cm
- Weight (kg)
- 101 kg
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- Prop
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- TSS
- Signed From
- Halswell Hornets
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mt.wellington
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Thursday, 3 December 2020
Promising Halswell league player Tanner Stowers-Smith has signed a development contract with the Canterbury Bulldogs NRL team. Photo: Supplied
Kiwis and Canterbury league legend Pat Smith’s legacy has extended to another generation with his great-grandson signing a deal with the Canterbury Bulldogs.
Tanner Stowers-Smith, a promising back rower with the Halswell Hornets, has secured an initial two-year deal with the Sydney NRL club, though Covid-19 means the 16-year-old is unsure when he will be able to check out the headquarters at Belmore.
Stowers-Smith actually impressed during a pre-season trial at Parramatta in January, but one of the Eels rivals pounced due to a connection between Halswell stalwart Jeff Whittaker and the Bulldogs pathways and development officer Craig Wilson.
Whittaker and Wilson forged a bond when the latter held a similar role at Cronulla – the Sharks previously had a decade-long association with Halswell to identify talented juniors in Christchurch.
Brisbane Broncos wing Jamayne Isaako, a cousin of Stowers-Smith, followed a similar pathway as did retired former Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney Roosters and West Tigers hooker Matt McIlwrick.
A year 12 student at St Bede’s College, Stowers-Smith was humbled by the opportunity.
“I thought Covid had messed it up so it’s great,” he said, adding he hoped to get across to Sydney in January for a training camp.
Pat Smith. Photo: Supplied
Until then he is staying sharp playing sevens rugby for St Bede’s, who head to the national Condor 7s tournament in Auckland next week.
Stowers-Smith said he was well aware of the standards set by Pat Smith, who captained the Kiwis in each of his 38 appearances between 1947-49.
“Dad and grandad always talk about him and I’ve seen quite a few articles about him,” he said.
Stowers-Smith couldn’t nominate a player he modelled himself on, though he was a long-term Canberra Raiders fan - he was drawn to the lime green strip - until a merchandise package arrived from the Bulldogs.
Whittaker was not surprised Stowers-Smith caught the eye, and predicted a bright future for the teenager.
“He’s a great trainer and he’s a scholar at school. He’s ticking all the boxes that a NRL club wants to see in a young player coming through,” he said.
“There’s some pretty exciting things there for him really. He’ll finish school and then they’ll help him either through education or a job as well as accommodation (in Sydney).”
www.odt.co.nz
Great-grandson adds to Canterbury league legend Pat Smith’s legacy
Promising Halswell league player Tanner Stowers-Smith has signed a development contract with the Canterbury Bulldogs NRL team. Photo: Supplied
Kiwis and Canterbury league legend Pat Smith’s legacy has extended to another generation with his great-grandson signing a deal with the Canterbury Bulldogs.
Tanner Stowers-Smith, a promising back rower with the Halswell Hornets, has secured an initial two-year deal with the Sydney NRL club, though Covid-19 means the 16-year-old is unsure when he will be able to check out the headquarters at Belmore.
Stowers-Smith actually impressed during a pre-season trial at Parramatta in January, but one of the Eels rivals pounced due to a connection between Halswell stalwart Jeff Whittaker and the Bulldogs pathways and development officer Craig Wilson.
Whittaker and Wilson forged a bond when the latter held a similar role at Cronulla – the Sharks previously had a decade-long association with Halswell to identify talented juniors in Christchurch.
Brisbane Broncos wing Jamayne Isaako, a cousin of Stowers-Smith, followed a similar pathway as did retired former Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney Roosters and West Tigers hooker Matt McIlwrick.
A year 12 student at St Bede’s College, Stowers-Smith was humbled by the opportunity.
“I thought Covid had messed it up so it’s great,” he said, adding he hoped to get across to Sydney in January for a training camp.
Pat Smith. Photo: Supplied
Until then he is staying sharp playing sevens rugby for St Bede’s, who head to the national Condor 7s tournament in Auckland next week.
Stowers-Smith said he was well aware of the standards set by Pat Smith, who captained the Kiwis in each of his 38 appearances between 1947-49.
“Dad and grandad always talk about him and I’ve seen quite a few articles about him,” he said.
Stowers-Smith couldn’t nominate a player he modelled himself on, though he was a long-term Canberra Raiders fan - he was drawn to the lime green strip - until a merchandise package arrived from the Bulldogs.
Whittaker was not surprised Stowers-Smith caught the eye, and predicted a bright future for the teenager.
“He’s a great trainer and he’s a scholar at school. He’s ticking all the boxes that a NRL club wants to see in a young player coming through,” he said.
“There’s some pretty exciting things there for him really. He’ll finish school and then they’ll help him either through education or a job as well as accommodation (in Sydney).”
Great-grandson adds to Canterbury league legend Pat Smith’s legacy
Kiwis and Canterbury league legend Pat Smith’s legacy has extended to another generation with his great-grandson signing a deal with the Canterbury...
www.odt.co.nz
mt.wellington
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Stowers-Smith drafted into New Zealand Kiwis A
Richard Becht & photosport.nz
Wed 11 Oct 2023, 11:39 AM
Teenaged prop Tanner Stowers-Smith has added another chapter to his remarkable rugby league year after being called into the New Zealand Kiwis A squad for the Labour Weekend Triple-header encounter with Toa Samoa at Eden Park.
The Christchurch born and raised 19-year-old will go into camp in Auckland on Sunday alongside the rest of the A squad as well as the New Zealand Kiwis who are preparing to face Toa Samoa in their Pacific Championships international on October 21.
Stowers-Smith becomes the seventh One New Zealand Warriors player in the line-up joining clubmates Rocco Berry, Taine Tuaupiki, Ali Leiataua, Kalani Going, Paul Roache and Jacob Laban while Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad will also be in camp with the Kiwis’ Test squad. He’s one of three teenagers in the A squad, the others being Laban (19) and Brisbane’s Benjamin Te Kura (18).
The call-up caps an extraordinary season for the Halswell Hornets and St Bede’s College product.
The great grandson of legendary former Kiwi captain Pat Smith, Stowers-Smith excelled in both rugby league and rugby union as a schoolboy but opted for rugby league after finishing his schooling last year.
Signing a two-year deal with the Warriors, he started the 2023 season captaining the club’s under-19 side in the New South Wales Rugby League’s SG Ball Cup competition.
He appeared in all nine of the team’s games before being promoted to the New South Wales Cup side once the SG Ball season was over.
Playing alongside and against experienced campaigners, Stowers-Smith made his NSW Cup debut against the Sydney Roosters on April 30 and ended the season with 13 appearances including six starts.
www.warriors.kiwi
Richard Becht & photosport.nz
Wed 11 Oct 2023, 11:39 AM
Teenaged prop Tanner Stowers-Smith has added another chapter to his remarkable rugby league year after being called into the New Zealand Kiwis A squad for the Labour Weekend Triple-header encounter with Toa Samoa at Eden Park.
The Christchurch born and raised 19-year-old will go into camp in Auckland on Sunday alongside the rest of the A squad as well as the New Zealand Kiwis who are preparing to face Toa Samoa in their Pacific Championships international on October 21.
Stowers-Smith becomes the seventh One New Zealand Warriors player in the line-up joining clubmates Rocco Berry, Taine Tuaupiki, Ali Leiataua, Kalani Going, Paul Roache and Jacob Laban while Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad will also be in camp with the Kiwis’ Test squad. He’s one of three teenagers in the A squad, the others being Laban (19) and Brisbane’s Benjamin Te Kura (18).
The call-up caps an extraordinary season for the Halswell Hornets and St Bede’s College product.
The great grandson of legendary former Kiwi captain Pat Smith, Stowers-Smith excelled in both rugby league and rugby union as a schoolboy but opted for rugby league after finishing his schooling last year.
Signing a two-year deal with the Warriors, he started the 2023 season captaining the club’s under-19 side in the New South Wales Rugby League’s SG Ball Cup competition.
He appeared in all nine of the team’s games before being promoted to the New South Wales Cup side once the SG Ball season was over.
Playing alongside and against experienced campaigners, Stowers-Smith made his NSW Cup debut against the Sydney Roosters on April 30 and ended the season with 13 appearances including six starts.
Stowers-Smith drafted into New Zealand Kiwis A
One New Zealand Warriors prop Tanner Stowers-Smith adds chapter to his remarkable season.
www.warriors.kiwi
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