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51-674: Tariq Sims (born 9 February 1990) is an Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a Second-row , Loose forward and Prop for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League . He previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys , Newcastle Knights , St. George Illawarra Dragons and Melbourne Storm in the NRL, and at representative level for New South Wales Country and New South Wales in

102-594: A child. He completed his schooling at Menai High School class of 2002. Ciraldo made his NRL debut for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks on 5 August 2005 in their round 22 game against the Melbourne Storm at Endeavour Field . Ciraldo signed a two-year deal with Newcastle on 19 October 2007. On 23 March 2009, he broke his fibula in four places and dislocated his ankle while playing against Cronulla-Sutherland at Toyota Stadium . He

153-466: A forward. His brothers, Korbin and Ashton , both played with him at the Broncos at the same time; Ashton was a member of the first-grade squad, while Korbin played NYC with him. Tariq was the 2010 Toyota Cup season's player of the year, but he left the Broncos without playing a first-grade match. He and Ashton joined the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2011 season. Upon leaving the Broncos, he praised

204-734: A guilty plea for a grade three shoulder charge offence for a second-half incident with Brisbane Broncos fullback Justin Hodges in North Queensland's 32–20 victory in Week 1 of the elimination finals at 1300SMILES Stadium. That match was Sims' last for the Cowboys. The Cowboys were later eliminated in Week 2 by the Sydney Roosters . Sims scored 6 tries in 21 matches in 2014 . In round 5 of the 2015 season, Sims made his club debut for

255-411: A second time in the space of a year and in exactly the same spot as the previous break. The Cowboys went on to win the match 30–28, with Tariq's brother Ashton scoring the match-winning try in the dying minutes of the game. Sims had a successful surgery which involved a steel rod being inserted into his leg to help with the healing process and to stop another break. He returned to full contact training in

306-618: A shock comeback and win the match 24–22. In the 2017 Rugby League World Cup in New Zealand & Australia, Fiji topped Group D before recording their biggest upset victory, defeating New Zealand 4–2 in the quarter-finals. They then lost to Australia 54–6 in the semi-finals. Fiji automatically qualified for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup having reached the semi-finals of the previous Rugby League World Cup . The 2021 tournament will take place in England . The squad selected for

357-485: A try in Italy's 92–6 win. He played in all three of Italy's matches. For the 2013 Rugby League World Cup , Ciraldo was again named as vice-captain of the team. He played in Italy's 15–14 upset over England in their pre-tournament friendly match, and featured in all three of their World Cup group matches, scoring a try in their game against Scotland . Following his retirement from his playing career, Ciraldo became

408-537: A try in the 32–14 win at Spotland Stadium . Sims played in 5 matches and scored 1 try in the tournament. On 4 May 2014, Sims played prop for NSW Country Origin in the 26–26 draw at Dubbo . On 4 July, Sims signed a two-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2015, where he would join his younger brother Korbin Sims. On 16 September 2014, Sims missed the rest of the NRL finals series after making

459-690: Is a professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL), and a former professional rugby league footballer. He is known as the defensive coach behind the Penrith Panthers back-to-back premierships in 2021 and 2022. He was previously the head coach of the Italy national team and an assistant coach of the Penrith Panthers in

510-628: Is married to Ashleigh Sims who is a professional boxer. Sims is the older brother of Korbin Sims , who in 2019 joined him at the St George Illawarra club, and the younger brother of Ashton Sims , who plays for the Toronto Wolfpack . His elder sister Ruan Sims currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership , while his other sister, Canecia (CJ) has previously played American football (gridiron) for

561-625: The 2000 World Cup but did not progress past the tournament's group stage. The Fiji Bati qualified for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup held in Australia after finishing second in Pacific qualifying behind Tonga . Fiji's qualification campaign started with a thrilling 30–28 loss to Samoa before reversing the scoreline a few days later with a 30–28 win over the Tongans. Fiji won their final qualifying game against Cook Islands 40–4. Having qualified

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612-593: The 2013 Rugby League World Cup after participating in the 2008 tournament. They took on Australia , England and Ireland in the pool stage. In their first match they took on 'the Wolfhounds'. They played at the famous Spotland Stadium , in Rochdale , where Fiji have an historic affiliation with. The Fijians convincingly won by a score of 32–14. As expected Fiji lost to both Australia and England, although they surprised many, as they only conceded 34 points against

663-571: The 2024 Pacific Championships was announced on 8 October 2024. Statistics in the table are drawn from the website, Rugby League Project , and include the NRL Grand Final on 6 October 2024. Notes: The table below shows Fiji's all-time international rugby league record as of 21 October 2024. They have been participating in International fixtures since 1992. Cameron Ciraldo Cameron Ciraldo (born 30 October 1984)

714-487: The Canberra Raiders at Canberra Stadium , Sims scored a double in the match. One of the tries was the longest try scored by a North Queensland forward by running 45m to score in the Cowboys comeback 40–24 win after trailing 22–0 after 21 minutes of the match. In Round 25 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks , Sims' season ended when he broke his leg in the Cowboys 28–20 win. Despite his curtailed season, Sims

765-577: The Gold Coast Stingrays , but in 2019 signed with the Tweed Heads Seagulls rugby league club. Fiji national rugby league team The game was introduced to Fiji only in 1992 but despite this there has been a long history of Fijian players making their mark in rugby league, most notably back in the 1960s when great players such as Joe Levula and Laitia Ravouvou joined Rochdale Hornets and became household names in

816-546: The New South Wales Blues squad as cover, being named as 19th man for Game 2 of the 2015 State of Origin series after Dragons forward Tyson Frizell was ruled out from injury. Brother Korbin was named as 20th man for Queensland two days beforehand. Sims finished his first year with the Knights with him playing in 19 matches and scoring 4 tries, as the club collected the wooden spoon. On 13 January, Sims

867-592: The Newcastle Knights against the St. George Illawarra Dragons at second-row in the Knights 13–0 loss at Hunter Stadium . On 3 May, Sims played for NSW Country off the interchange bench and scored a try in the 34–22 win at Wagga Wagga . Sims scored his first club try for the Knights in the 30–10 loss to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles , Brookvale Oval in Round 9, 2016. On 12 June, Sims was called into

918-502: The St. George Illawarra Dragons starting in 2017. However, after negotiating over the next month, he was released early to the Dragons mid-season. He played in 8 matches for the Knights that season before the mid-season switch. In round 15 of the 2016 season, he made his club debut for St. George Illawarra against the Melbourne Storm , where he played off the interchange bench in the Dragons' 20–10 win at WIN Stadium . In 2017, Sims

969-628: The State of Origin series . Sims was born in Gerringong, New South Wales , Australia. He was educated at Kiama High School . He played junior football in his home town of Gerringong, New South Wales , before moving to Queensland , where he played in the NYC for the Brisbane Broncos from 2008 to 2010. He was initially a winger , but was told by the Broncos to put on weight and turned into

1020-647: The Super League war , Fiji, like most countries other countries, aligned itself with Super League. In search of international competition, the Australian Rugby League played a match against a "National Rugby League of Fiji" team in 1996. This match has been granted Test status by the ARL, but not by the Rugby League International Federation . Coached by Don Furner, Sr. and captained by Lote Tuqiri , Fiji competed in

1071-457: The Cowboys starting line-up. On 22 April 2012, Sims made his representative debut for NSW Country Origin against NSW City Origin off the interchange bench and scored a double in the 24–22 loss at Mudgee . Just 7 matches into his comeback from a broken leg, playing against the Penrith Panthers , Sims attempted to save a try but was involved in a freak accident with Penrith back rower Cameron Ciraldo which ended with Sims breaking his leg for

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1122-624: The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the 2013 NSW Cup Grand Final on 6 October 2013. Ciraldo retired at the end of the 2013 NRL season . In October 2009, Ciraldo represented Italy in the Australian Mediterranean (Aus-Med) Shield at Marconi Stadium in Sydney, a tournament made up completely of Australian residents, such as Blake Austin , John Skandalis and Jarrod Sammut . Italy's match against Malta

1173-756: The English competition. Interest and participation in rugby league snowballed throughout Fiji, and as well as continued success in the Rugby League World Sevens , the Batis began playing full 13-aside games against international teams. By 1994, Fiji had hammered the Great Britain amateurs 40–8 and, captained by mighty front-rower James Pickering , beat France 20–12. They had also produced their first rugby league superstar after winger Noa Nadruku joined Canberra Raiders and in 1993 became

1224-460: The Four Nations team (winner of this international) to warm-up before the event kicked off later in the year. Fiji failed to qualify with their fierce pacific rivals getting the better of them by 32–16. In May 2015, Fiji took on Papua New Guinea in the 2015 Melanesian Cup test at Cbus Super Stadium . Fiji won the match and the inaugural Melanesian Cup title. Fiji never looked like losing

1275-475: The Gold Coast 40–28 at Kogarah Oval . On 12 August, Sims was ruled out for the rest of the season after having groin surgery. Sims had been battling the groin injury for most of the year but decided to undergo surgery as St George Illawarra had been ruled out of finals contention. He made a total of 9 appearances for St. George Illawarra in the 2020 NRL season as the side finished a disappointing 13th on

1326-586: The Grand Final. The following year, the team won 18 of their 24 regular season games (in addition to 2 draws) to claim the minor premiership for the second consecutive year. However, they were unsuccessful in winning back-to-back premierships, losing 30–28 to the Sydney Roosters after leading 28–6 at halftime. Ciraldo was named as coach in the NYC Team of the Year in both 2015 and 2016. In May 2016, Ciraldo

1377-477: The NRL. During his playing career, Ciraldo played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks , Newcastle Knights and the Penrith Panthers , all in the NRL, and was selected to represent Italy . He primarily played as a second-row or lock . Ciraldo was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , to parents Nick and Kelly Ciraldo. He is of Italian descent through his parental grandparents, who migrated from Italy as

1428-532: The Vodafone Fiji Bati team started their Rugby League World Cup 2008 campaign with 42–6 win over France followed by a 2-point defeat to Scotland, however they topped their group with a superior points difference. Beating Ireland in their quarter final they came within one match of the World Cup final, but were defeated by Australia, ending the tournament in 4th place. Fiji automatically qualified for

1479-466: The assistant coach of the Penrith Panthers' NYC team in 2014, under head coach Trent Barrett . On 5 April 2014, Ciraldo was appointed as assistant coach of the Italy national team, also under head coach Barrett. Ciraldo was promoted to head coach of Penrith's NYC team in 2015. That year, his team won 20 of their 24 regular season games to claim the minor premiership, before going on to win

1530-507: The club's youth system for his development as a player, saying that he was leaving only to get the opportunity to play first-grade football. In round 2 of the 2011 NRL season , Sims made his NRL debut for North Queensland against the Newcastle Knights off the interchange bench in the Cowboys 34–22 loss at 1300SMILES Stadium . In Sims' next match in round 3 against the Melbourne Storm , he scored his first NRL career try in North Queensland's 34–6 win at 1300SMILES Stadium. In round 13 against

1581-405: The clubs 32–18 loss against Brisbane . In round 21, Sims was sent to the sin bin for a dangerous high tackle where he knocked out Cronulla's Connor Tracey during St. George Illawarra's 24–18 loss. Sims was later suspended for four matches over the tackle which ended his playing time at St. George Illawarra. Sims played 15 games for Melbourne in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished third on

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1632-474: The first two games of the series for The Blues but was called into the side for the dead rubber game 3 match in Brisbane . Sims was part of the St George Illawarra side which qualified for the finals in 2018. In week one of the finals, St George Illawarra faced a highly fancied Brisbane side at Suncorp Stadium with not many experts predicting an upset. St George Illawarra ended up surprising many as they won

1683-778: The match 21–20. In October 2018, Ciraldo was replaced as head coach by Ivan Cleary with Ciraldo dropping back to an assistant coach role at Penrith. Ciraldo was the assistant coach in the 2020 NRL Grand Final before winning the premiership in 2021. On 14 August 2022, the Canterbury-Bankstown side announced that Ciraldo would join the club as head coach on a five-year arrangement from 2023 onwards. Ciraldo would join Penrith Panthers premiership winners Matt Burton and Viliame Kikau at Belmore . Ciraldo enjoyed an extensive relationship with Canterbury general manager Phil Gould who promoted him into his first coaching roles. Canterbury's first season under Ciraldo would prove

1734-492: The match 48–18 with Sims scoring 3 tries. The following week, Sims was taken from the field with a knee injury as St George Illawarra were eliminated from the finals series losing 13–12 to South Sydney. Sims was selected for New South Wales in Game 2 of the 2019 State of Origin series which New South Wales won 38–6 at the new Perth Stadium . In round 21 of the 2019 NRL season , Sims scored 2 tries as St George Illawarra defeated

1785-455: The match after an easy first half performance, leading 18-0 at the break. They went on to win the test match by 22–10. In May 2016, Fiji took on Papua New Guinea in the 2016 Melanesian Cup test at Pirtek Stadium . Fiji had a similar situation in this year's Melanesian Cup with a half-time score of 16–8 but this time around they conceded too many second half points allowing the Kumuls to make

1836-595: The match in the second row and had three stints in the game. Impressing coaching staff and full of confidence. On 21 April, Sims played for NSW Country Origin against NSW City Origin off the interchange bench in the 18–12 win at Coffs Harbour . Sims finished the season with 4 tries from 23 matches. Qualifying through his mother, Sims was selected in the Fiji squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup alongside his brothers, Ashton and Korbin. He made his international debut for Fiji against Ireland at second-row and scored

1887-496: The table and missed out on the finals. On 22 April, it was announced Sims would join Melbourne in 2023 on a one-year deal. On 29 May, Sims was selected by New South Wales to play in game one of the 2022 State of Origin series . On 19 June, Sims was not selected for the second game of the series after New South Wales lost the opening match 16–10. In round 17 of the 2022 NRL season , Sims was sin binned twice in 25 minutes during

1938-422: The table. In round 4 of the 2021 NRL season , Sims put in a man of the match performance scoring two tries in his side's 22–13 victory over Newcastle. On 30 May, Sims was selected for game one of the 2021 State of Origin series . He played in all three games as New South Wales won the series 2–1. Sims played a total of 21 matches for St. George Illawarra in the 2021 NRL season as the club finished 11th on

1989-470: The table. Sims played in Melbourne's preliminary final loss against Penrith. On 28 August 2023, Sims signed a two-year deal to join Super League side the Catalans Dragons . Sims made his club debut for Catalans in round 1 of the 2024 Super League season against Warrington . The following week, he scored two tries for Catalans in their 34-0 victory over the newly promoted London Broncos side. Sims

2040-436: The teams in each game and they led 2–0 against Australia, and were within a few minutes of taking a half-time lead against England. Fiji would take on 'fierce Pacific rivals' Samoa in the quarter-final. They won the, passionate pacific, fixture and they would celebrate with a 22–4 victory. They celebrated even more, as it meant Fiji reached their second consecutive World Cup semi-final. They took on Australia again, but this game

2091-460: The top try-scorer in the Australian competition. Fiji took part in their first World Cup in 1995 where, just as the 2000 World Cup , they had the misfortune to be placed in the same group as both England and Australia. But the Batis made a massive impression in their opening World Cup game in which they ran riot against South Africa, 52–6, and had the crowd on their feet at Keighley. During

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2142-505: The week of the Cowboys' semi-final loss to the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles . Sims played in 7 matches and scored 1 try in 2012 . On 21 December, Sims was taken to hospital after suffering from dehydration at North Queensland's off season army-style boot camp at Lavarack Barracks . In 2013, Sims made his second return from injury in a 28–24 trial victory over his former club Brisbane Broncos on 4 February. He started

2193-581: Was Ciraldo's first time taking the field since breaking his leg in March 2009. Ciraldo was named in the Italian squad for the 2009 European Cup , also held in October, but was unable to attend due to scheduling conflicts. In April 2011, Ciraldo was named as vice-captain for Italy in their 2013 World Cup qualifying campaign in October 2011. He made his Test debut against Russia on 15 October 2011, scoring

2244-552: Was a finalist in the best rookie and best second-rower categories of the Dally M Awards. During the year, Sims was invited to join the New South Wales State of Origin team during training. Sims finished his stellar debut year in the NRL with him playing in 20 matches and scoring 5 tries. On 8 September 2011, Sims re-signed with North Queensland on a four-year contract to the end of the 2015 season. On 2 November 2011, Sims

2295-469: Was escorted from the field with his ankle rotated at approximately 90 degrees; the injury was described as "one of the most sickening injuries on a football field". On 10 September 2009, Ciraldo re-signed with Newcastle on a two-year deal. On 17 August 2011, Ciraldo signed a two-year deal with the Penrith Panthers . He played for the Windsor Wolves , Penrith's feeder team, in their 8–36 loss to

2346-452: Was named as head coach of the Italy national team. Assistant coach Leo Epifania mentored the team during their 2016 Mediterranean Cup match against Lebanon in June, but Ciraldo returned as head coach for their 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying matches in October 2016. The Italian team defeated Russia in the repechage round to qualify for the 2017 World Cup . In 2017, Ciraldo

2397-407: Was named in the emerging New South Wales Blues squad. In February, he co-captained the Knights in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines . On 26 February, he was announced as one of three co-captains for the Knights alongside Trent Hodkinson and Jeremy Smith . On 8 May, for the fifth year in a row, he played for New South Wales Country against New South Wales City. On 31 May, he signed a 3-year contract with

2448-400: Was nothing like the group stage fixture. Fiji's errors conceded them 62 points against a classy Australian side. This defeat ended and equalled their best World Cup campaign in their history. In May 2014, Fiji took on Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League Test at Penrith Stadium . The International was created as a qualifier for the final 2014 Four Nations spot. It was also a chance for

2499-443: Was part of the St. George Illawarra side which finished 9th in the 2017 NRL season despite being in the top 8 for most of the season. A disastrous run of form, culminating in a heart breaking round 26 loss to Canterbury which allowed North Queensland to overtake them into 8th spot, saw them miss out on the finals. In 2018, Sims was selected as part of The NSW Blues squad for the 2018 State of Origin series . Sims did not feature in

2550-399: Was promoted to assistant coach of Penrith's NRL team to work under head coach Anthony Griffin . In August 2018, Ciraldo was promoted to caretaker coach following Griffin's sacking as head coach. Ciraldo guided Penrith to a 5th-place finish and the club qualified for the finals. In week one, Penrith defeated New Zealand to set up an elimination final against Cronulla. Cronulla went on to win

2601-524: Was shortlisted for the Rugby League International Federation's Second Rower of the Year award. After breaking his leg early in 2012, Sims returned in Round 5 to play in the Cowboys 22–6 victory over the Canberra Raiders at Canberra Stadium. Sims came off the bench in the second half and put in a memorable performance, performing a big hit on Tom Learoyd-Lahrs in his first few minutes on the field. Sims soon returned to

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