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Full name | Emosi Tangitangi-'ae'valu Koloto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga |
23 January 1965 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby league
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Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Flanker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP & Scrum.com |
Emosi 'Moose' Koloto is a New Zealand former rugby league and rugby union footballer. He represented the New Zealand Kiwis 5 times during 1991. Koloto played his rugby league as a Second-row forward.
Koloto grew up in Manawatu and attended Palmerston North Boys' High School.
Koloto now lives in Auckland New Zealand.
After representing Manawatu in 1986, Koloto moved to Wellington for the 1987 season, scoring two tries on his debut.
In 1986 he was good enough to be selected to represent Tonga in rugby union.
Koloto then switched codes to rugby league, signing with the Doug Laughton-coached Widnes Vikings. Laughton spotted Koloto when he played for Wellington against Wales in 1988.
Emosi Koloto played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Widnes' 24-18 victory over Salford in the 1990 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1990–91 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 29 September 1990.
Emosi Koloto played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, (replaced by Interchange/Substitute Paul Hulme) in Widnes' 6-12 defeat by Wigan in the 1988–89 John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1988–89 season at Burnden Park, Bolton on Saturday 7 January 1989.