Taunoa-Brown represented the
Indigenous All Stars in the
2020 All Stars match. Taunoa-Brown made his NRL debut in round 1 of the
2020 NRL season for the
New Zealand Warriors against the
Newcastle Knights starting from the bench, in the 20–0 loss. He scored his first try in the Warriors' 18–0 win over the
St. George Illawarra Dragons in round 3 of the same season. Taunoa-Brown joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons in July 2021 on a short-term loan deal. On 21 October 2021, he was granted a release by the Warriors from the final year of his contract and signed with the
North Queensland Cowboys until the end of the 2023 season.
2022 Taunoa-Brown represented the
Indigenous All Stars again in the
2022 All Stars match. He played 16 matches for the Cowboys in the
2022 NRL season as the club finished third on the table and qualified for the finals. Taunoa-Brown did not feature in the Cowboy's finals campaign which ended at the preliminary final stage against Parramatta. During the 2022 season he also made two appearances for the Cowboy's
Queensland Cup feeder club, the
Northern Pride.
2023 He made 17 appearances for North Queensland in the
2023 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table.
2024 On 19 November 2024, it was announced that the Cowboys were set to offer Taunoa-Brown a lifeline for his career to get back on track but just a day later on 20 November, after missing the entire
2024 NRL season with back-to-back Achilles injuries, he announced his immediate retirement from rugby league. == Statistics ==