Klese Haas (born 2 March 2002) is an Australian professional
rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the
Gold Coast Titans in the
NRL
The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...
.
Background
Haas's brother
Payne Haas, plays for the
Brisbane Broncos. He's the nephew of former
Newcastle forward
Mark Taufua
Mark Larry Taufua, also known by the nicknames of "Fu", or "Taff", is a Samoan former rugby league footballer who played as a and . He played for the Newcastle Knights and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL.
Background
He was born in ...
. Haas moved to
Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the nati ...
, at 10 years old meaning he's eligible for both
Queensland and New South Wales who his brother
Payne
Payne may refer to:
People
*Payne (surname)
Organisations
*Payne (company)
Places
;United States
*Payne, Georgia
*Payne, Ohio
* Payne County, Oklahoma
*Payne's Prairie, Florida
* Fort Payne, Alabama
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*Payne Creek (disambiguation)
*Pay ...
has played for. Haas played his junior rugby league for
Nerang Roosters and attended
Keebra Park State High School.
[https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2017/12/21/under-15-under-16-under-18-emerging-origin-squads/]
Playing career
In round 24 of the
2022 NRL season
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Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest s ...
, Haas made his debut for the
Gold Coast against the
Newcastle Knights.
References
External links
Gold Coast Titans profile
2002 births
Australian rugby league players
Rugby league second-rows
Gold Coast Titans players
Living people
Rugby league players from the Gold Coast, Queensland
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