James Stosic (born 22 September 1981 in

New Plymouth, New Zealand New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. Th ...

) is a former professional

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footballer who last played for the

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in the Queensland Cup.

Early years

A Waitara Bears junior, Stosic attended

New Plymouth Boys High School New Plymouth Boys' High School is a single-sex boys' state secondary school in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. The school currently caters for approximately 1300 students, including 210 boarders, on its site. The school often collaborate ...

and represented

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in 1998 as a 17-year-old alongside his brother Sasho. He attended New Plymouth Boys High.''New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.144 That year Stosic made the New Zealand Secondary School team and the New Zealand 18 years Academy Team. He played for the Academy team at the Under 19s Oceania Tournament and was named the forward of the tournament.''New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.181

Playing career

Stosic previously

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

in the

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competition. His usual position is . He is of

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descent. Stosic signed for

on 10 November 2008. Since then, he has played in 4

matches for the Wildcats, before injuring his leg during the Wildcats victory over Warrington Wolves in round 4. He was out of action for 12 weeks.

Representative career

In 1999 he toured Papua New Guinea with the New Zealand Māori side. He was named in the

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training squad for the

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References

External links

Cronulla Sharks profileNRL profileProp Stosic could leave Wakefield
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stosic, James 1981 births Living people Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players Eastern Suburbs Tigers players Gold Coast Titans players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia New Zealand Māori rugby league players New Zealand Māori rugby league team players New Zealand people of Macedonian descent New Zealand people of Serbian descent New Zealand rugby league players Rugby league players from New Plymouth Rugby league props Taranaki rugby league team players Waitara Bears players Wakefield Trinity players