Ali Lauitiiti

Ali Lauitiiti

Personal information
Full name	Alaimatagi Lauitiiti
Born	(1979-07-13) 13 July 1979 (age 37) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1998–03 New Zealand Warriors 115 33 0 0 132 2004–11 Leeds Rhinos 196 63 0 0 252 2012–15 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 94 20 0 0 80 Total 405 116 0 0 464 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–06 New Zealand 19 7 0 0 28 2007–10 Samoa 4 0 0 0 0
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Ali Lauitiiti is a former New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. Both a Samoan and New Zealand international representative forward, Lauitiiti played for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition and for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Leeds in the Super League. While at Leeds, he was part of their 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009 championship-winning sides.

Lauitiiti played for the Mangere East club in 1996 and shone as a junior in their U19 side in 1997, scoring 17 tries in 19 games. He went on to gain international honours with the Junior Kiwis that year, and again in 1998.

Lauitiiti made his National Rugby League (NRL) début in April 1998 for the Auckland Warriors. He was selected for the New Zealand test squad for the 2000 ANZAC test but missed out on final selection for the match, instead making a try-scoring debut against the Cook Islands at Reading in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. He also scored against Wales in the next game at the Millennium Stadium.