{{Infobox rugby league biography | playername = Clinton Toopi | image = | fullname = Clinton Toopi | dateofbirth = [[feb 28th 1980 | cityofbirth = Stratford | countryofbirth = New Zealand | height = 6'1" (1.85m) | weight = 15st 8lbs (99Kg) | nickname = | position = Centre | currentclub = Leeds Rhinos | clubnumber = 3 | youthyears = | youthclubs = Mt Wellington and Otahuhu Leopards | years = 1999 - 06
2006 - 07 | clubs = NZ Warriors
Leeds Rhinos | caps(points) = 119 (228)
15 (8) | repyears = 2000 - 07 | repteam = New Zealand | repcaps(points) = 14 | pcupdate = | repupdate = }} Image File history File links NZ_Clinton_Toopi. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The Otahuhu Leopards are a rugby league club based in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

Clinton Toopi (born February 21, 1980 in Stratford, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player for Leeds Rhinos in the Super League competition. He has also represented New Zealand on twelve occasions between 2001 and 2005, including the 2000 World Cup. His usual position is centre. is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Stratford is the main town of the central Taranaki region, aptly named as the Stratford District. Situated directly inland from Mount Taranaki, Stratford is a rural service centre with a 2001 population of 5225. ... Rugby league football (often shortened to rugby league) is a full-contact team sport played with a prolate spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ... Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club who are based in Headingley in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire. ... Super League (Europe) began in March 1996 and is the only full-time professional rugby league competition operating in the northern hemisphere. ... A typical rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench. ...

On May 31, 2006 Leeds Rhinos announced the capture of Toopi for the 2007 season as a replacement for Chev Walker. On July 17 he was granted an early release from the Warriors so he could join the Rhinos for the rest of the season, this was granted the day before the deadline to register players in Superleague. He made his debut on 04.08.06 against HullFC [1] May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club who are based in Headingley in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Chev Walker (Born 10/09/82) is an English Rugby League player for the Leeds Rhinos and Great Britain. ...

Career highlights

• Junior Club: Mt Wellington and Otahuhu Leopards
• First Grade Debut: Round 9, Auckland v South Sydney at Ericsson Stadium, May 2, 1999
• Career Stats: 119 career games to date scoring 56 tries (224 points)

The Otahuhu Leopards are a rugby league club based in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

Tri-Nations Game 1: 2005 V Australia

Clinton Toopi was selected in an understrength Kiwi's side that took on Australia in the opening game of the Tri-Nations. Toopi posted three memorable tries as New Zealand defeated Australia in Sydney in front of a shocked home crowd including his family and cousins andrew and mark downey who live in australia New Zealand team shirt The Logo of the New Zealand Rugby League The New Zealand national rugby league side represent New Zealand at rugby league, and are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name. ... The Rugby League Tri-Nations (also known as the Gillette Tri-Nations for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby league tournament involving the top three nations in the sport: Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of 4,119,190, and 151,920 in the City of Sydney, as of the 2006 census. ...

External links

• Clinton Toopi Official Player Profile
• Clinton Toopi NRL Player Profile
• Clinton Toopi New Zealand Profile