(1988-12-13) 13 December 1988 (age 35) Palmerston North, New Zealand
Playing information
Height
195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight
115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Position
Prop
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
2009–16
North Qld Cowboys
170
12
0
0
48
2017–20
Penrith Panthers
97
10
0
0
40
2021–22
Wests Tigers
38
4
0
0
16
2023
North Qld Cowboys
2
1
0
0
4
Total
307
27
0
0
108
Representative
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
2008–10
New Zealand Māori
2
0
0
0
0
2012–16
Australia
12
2
0
0
8
2012–16
New South Wales
14
0
0
0
0
2013
NRL All Stars
1
0
0
0
0
2013
Prime Minister's XIII
1
0
0
0
0
2017
NSW City
1
1
0
0
4
2019
Māori All Stars
1
0
0
0
0
Source: [1][2]
James Tamou (born 13 December 1988) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop and represented Australia and the New Zealand Maori at an international level. Tamou spent most of his career with the North Queensland Cowboys and was a member of their 2015 NRL Grand Final winning side
Later in his career, he also played for the Penrith Panthers, who he captained to the 2020 NRL Grand Final, and the Wests Tigers who he captained to the 2022 wooden spoon. He also played at representative level for the NRL Allstars, NSW City, and New South Wales in the State of Origin series.
^"James Tamou - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 13 December 1988. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^"James Tamou - North Queensland Cowboys". Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
JamesTamou (born 13 December 1988) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop and represented Australia and the New Zealand...
returns to the side as lock, shifting Paul Gallen to the front row whilst JamesTamou replaced Tony Williams on the interchange. The first half was played...
with JamesTamou, he's the best ball-running front-rower in the comp." In 2013, Woods made his State of Origin debut in game two after JamesTamou was...
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unavailable for selection. Wests Tigers prop forward Aaron Woods replaced JamesTamou in the front row who was suspended from the match after he was charged...
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Queensland. The opening game for the New South Wales Blues saw Todd Carney, JamesTamou, Tony Williams and Jamie Buhrer make their debuts, with all either having...
Koori Radio. Curtain-raiser matches on the day will include two matches JamesTamou, Apisai Koroisau, and Zane Tetevano were the only players in the Penrith...
minute, attacking from a repeat set which had followed a grubber kick, JamesTamou took the first pass out of dummy half and scored under the posts; Thurston...
Brian To'o FE 6 Jarome Luai HB 7 Nathan Cleary PR 8 JamesTamou (c) HK 9 Apisai Koroisau PR 10 James Fisher-Harris SR 11 Viliame Kikau SR 12 Liam Martin...
Cowboys for 2024". Townsville Bulletin. 25 October 2023. "Cowboys legend JamesTamou to play on with Townsville Blackhawks in 2024". Townsville Bulletin....
Te'o, Craig Smith, Willie Mason, Tonie Carroll, JamesTamou and Karmichael Hunt play Origin. Tamou's selection by New South Wales in 2012 was controversial...
week, he was named in the starting team after a late withdrawal from JamesTamou, and ran for a game-best 167 metres and made 17 tackles without a miss...
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alongside Nathan Cleary. This announcement came after the previous captain; JamesTamou, departed the club for the Wests Tigers. Yeo was selected in the 2021...
Aaron Woods Hooker Robbie Farah (c) Robbie Farah Michael Ennis2 Prop JamesTamou Second row Beau Scott Second row Ryan Hoffman Lock Josh Jackson Paul...
victory over the Brisbane Broncos. Granville set up Justin O'Neill and JamesTamou for the Cowboys' first two tries of the match and was a candidate to...
ISSN 2152-7857. Ford, Greg (18 April 2012). "State of Origin bigger test for JamesTamou". Fairfax NZ News. Retrieved 16 June 2012. "Apathy in old Dart like an...
scoring the Cowboys third try in the comeback. After the Roosters five-eighth James Maloney kicked a field goal to give the Roosters a 31–30 lead at the 75th...
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