[4] On 18 April, it was announced that he would miss the remainder of the 2021 NRL season with a knee injury which occurred during the club's loss against South Sydney in round 6 of the competition.

The Tigers lost the match 26–27 after Valentine Holmes booted the match-winning penalty goal for North Queensland on the full-time siren.

Zac Lomax then kicked a penalty goal for St. George Illawarra which won the game 24-22 and meant that the Wests Tigers would finish with the Wooden Spoon for the first time in their history.

[7] Kepaoa played a total of 19 games for the Wests Tigers in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished with the Wooden Spoon for a second straight year.

[9] On 31 January 2021, Kepaoa and fellow NRL player Zane Musgrove were detained by the police after allegedly abusing officers and refusing to move on from outside of the Coogee Bay Hotel.