Zac Lipowicz
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| Full name | Zac Lipowīcz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 2002 Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 26 August 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zac Lipowicz is an Australia-born Poland international rugby league player who plays as a second-row forward for Wakefield Trinity in the Super League.
He has previously played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Catalans Dragons in Super League.
Background
[edit]Zac Lipowicz graduated through the Penrith Panthers system, playing in their Harold Matthews, SG Ball, Laurie Daley Cup and Jersey Flegg sides.[2]
Career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Lipowicz made his debut in May 2023 for Penrith against the New Zealand Warriors in the NSW Cup. He played nearly 50 reserve grade games for the Panthers between 2023 and 2025.[5]
He played in two pre-season National Rugby League trial games for Penrith in 2025.[6] In August 2025 Lipowicz made his Penrith Panthers first-grade debut in the NRL against the Canterbury Bulldogs.[7] He was sin-binned in his first game in the top grade.[8]
Lipowicz joined the Catalans Dragons in the Super League on a two-year deal following the conclusion of his Penrith Panthers deal at the end of the 2025 NRL season.[9][10]
Lipowicz moved to Wakefield Trinity on 18 August 2026 on a short-term contract, just until the end of the 2026 season, as it has been reported that he will return to Australia to join Perth Bears for 2027[11]
International career
[edit]He made his international debut for Poland in October 2023, scoring a try in their 40–8 victory over North Macedonia.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ Rugby League Project
- ↑ Zac Lipowicz
- ↑ Sweet 16: Meet the NRL rookie who rocks up to Panthers training covered in mud after working as a carpenter
- ↑ Tools down as chippie Zac Lipowicz finally cracks NRL
- ↑ Penrith Panthers’ Zac Lipowicz set for Super League move
- ↑ Penrith Panthers forward set for Super League move in 2026 with new club named
- ↑ Inside mud-covered carpenter’s rise from ‘overweight and lazy’ to ‘unreal’ Panthers debut
- ↑ Zac Lipowicz sent to the bin
- ↑ Zac Lipowicz
- ↑ Dragons sign Zac Lipowicz
- ↑ Aaron Bower (19 Aug 2026). "New Wakefield man makes 2027 move before Trinity debut as second new signing to arrive". Love Rugby League.
- ↑ Catalans Dragons’ recruitment drive continues as NRL young gun signs
External links
[edit]- 2002 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian expatriate rugby league players in France
- Australian people of Polish descent
- Australian rugby league players
- Catalans Dragons players
- Penrith Panthers players
- Poland national rugby league team players
- Polish expatriate sportspeople in France
- Rugby league players from Baulkham Hills
- Rugby league second-rows
- Wakefield Trinity players