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Apisai Koroisau (born 7 November 1992) is a
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international
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footballer who plays as a for the
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in the
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. A triple NRL premiership winner with the
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and the
Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penri ...
, he previously played for the
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in the
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.


Background

Koroisau was born in
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and is of Fijian descent. He played his junior football for the Berala Bears, before being signed by the
South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league club based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing team ...
.


Playing career


Early career

Koroisau played for the
South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league club based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing team ...
NYC team in 2011 and 2012.


2013

Koroisau moved on to the South Sydney
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team, the
North Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. The club competes in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 90 years in the ...
at Norths Koroisau made a total of 25 appearances and scored 6 tries in 2013. In October 2013, Koroisau was named in the Fijian 2013 World Cup squad. Koroisau made his debut for
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in Round 1 of the tournament against
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in the 32-14 win at
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. Koroisau played in 4 matches in the tournament.


2014

In Round 4 of the
2014 NRL season The 2014 NRL season was the 107th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 17th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand, for the Auckland Nines, replacing the Rugby Leagu ...
, Koroisau made his
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debut for the
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at against the
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in South Sydney's 30-18 loss at
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. In Round 8 ANZAC Day match against the
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, Koroisau scored his first NRL career try, and the game's opening try, in South Sydney's last minute 28-26 penalty goal win at
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. On 3 June 2014, Koroisau signed a two-year contract with the
Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penri ...
starting in 2015. In the week leading up to Souths
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against the
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, after South Sydney hooker
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was ruled out from the Grand Final for his high tackle on
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player
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a week earlier in Souths 32-22 Preliminary Final win, Koroisau was Luke's replacement at hooker for the match on 5 October 2014, in Souths 30-6 Grand Final victory. Koroisau was rated a 7 out of 10 player rating by
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for his performance in the Grand Final. Koroisau finished his debut year in the NRL in 2014 season with him playing in 14 matches and scoring a try for the South Sydney club.


2015

On 24 January 2015, Koroisau was named in Penrith's
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squad. On 2 May 2015, he played for
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against
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in the 2015 Melanesian Cup. On 2 July 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
starting in 2016, after being released from the final year of his Penrith contract. He finished off his first stint with the Penrith club having played in 16 matches, scoring one try and kicking four goals.


2016

In Round 1 of the
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, Koroisau made his club debut for Manly-Warringah against the
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...
, starting at hooker in the Sea Eagles' 8-26 loss at
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. However, he was dropped to New South Wales Cup in favour of Matt Parcell after the Sea Eagles lost 22-36 to the Wests Tigers in Round 2 at
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. He was recalled to the team for their Round 5 match against his former club South Sydney following an ankle injury that ruled out representative halfback
Daly Cherry-Evans Daly Cherry-Evans (born 20 February 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL and Australia at international level. He captains Manly and won the 2011 NRL Grand ...
. Playing at halfback, Koroisau scored his first club try for Manly in their 12-16 loss at
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. Despite the loss, his performance on the night won him the Man of the Match award from match broadcaster Channel 9. He backed up his performance against the Rabbitohs when he was again one of Manly's leading players in their 34-18 away win over the New Zealand Warriors in Round 6.


2017

In the
2017 NRL season The 2017 NRL season was the 110th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 20th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, ...
, Koroisau played 23 games, scored 3 tries and kicked 1 goal for Manly. He was selected in the
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in the 48-8 win over
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at
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. Koroisau was selected in the Fiji 24-man squad in the
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campaign. He played 5 matches and kicked 13 goals.


2018

Koroisau made 13 appearances for Manly in 2018 as the club endured a horrid season on and off the field narrowly avoiding the wooden spoon by 2 competition points.


2019

On 30 August, Koroisau signed a three-year deal with the
Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penri ...
that starts in 2020 and ends at the end of 2022 after he was releasesd by Manly as he was no longer starting because Manase Fainu had taken the starting hooker role after forming an excellent combination with Tom Trbojevic . Koroisau made 22 appearances for Manly in the
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as the club qualified for the finals after finishing in sixth place. Koroisau played in the club's elimination final victory over Cronulla and also featured in Manly's elimination final loss against his former club South Sydney at
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.


2020

Koroisau played 20 games for Penrith in the
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as the club finished as Minor Premiers. He played in the
2020 NRL Grand Final The 2020 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2020 National Rugby League season held at Sydney's ANZ Stadium on October 25. The match was contested between minor premiers Penrith Panthers and second-placed Melbo ...
where Penrith lost to Melbourne 26-20 at
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.


2021

Koroisau was selected as 18th man in the NSW Blues
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team for the 2021 series. Following injuries to halves
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and
Jarome Luai Jarome Luai (born 16 January 1997) is a international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL (National Rugby League). He won both the 2021 and the 2022 NRL Grand Finals with the Penrith club. He has rep ...
ahead of game three of the series, Koroisau made his debut for New South Wales in the number 14 jersey. scoring a try in the 20-18 loss, however New South Wales had already clinched the series by winning the first two games 50-6 and 26-0 respectively. On 22 July, Koroisau was placed under investigation by the NRL after allegations were made that he invited a woman into the NSW Blues bubble during the series, against strict biosecurity regulations. He was alleged to have snuck the woman in on two separate occasions, with the second coming on the day of Game Two on 27 June. The following day, he was fined $35,000 and suspended for two matches over the incident. It was also revealed the woman he brought back to the hotel was not his wife. On 4 August 2021, he was fined an additional $15,000 by the NSWRL over the incident. Koroisau played a total of 18 games for Penrith in the
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including the club's
2021 NRL Grand Final The 2021 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2021 National Rugby League season in Australia. It was contested between the Penrith Panthers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs on Sunday 3 October at Suncorp Stadiu ...
victory over South Sydney. It was his second premiership as a player. On 2 December, he signed a two-year deal with the
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starting in the 2023 season.


2022

Koroisau played 25 games for Penrith in the
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including the clubs 2022 NRL Grand Final victory over
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. The following day, Koroisau mocked his new club the
Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture ...
at Penrith's fan day by saying “There’s so much young talent. To go out on a high like that, it’s pretty incredible, and I’ll probably do the same thing at the Tigers,” he added, before breaking into hysterics.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koroisau, Apisai 1992 births Living people Australian rugby league players Australian people of I-Taukei Fijian descent Fiji national rugby league team players South Sydney Rabbitohs players Penrith Panthers players Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players Rugby league hookers Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league players from Sydney