Tasesa Lavea
Lavea at a signing session in 2007
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| Full name | Tasesa James Lavea Levi | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 January 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Taihape, New Zealand | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||
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Papatoetoe High School St Kentigern College |
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| Position | Stand-off | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Fly-half, Centre | ||||||||||||
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| Professional clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1999–01 2002 |
Melbourne Storm Northern Eagles |
44 5 |
(226) (19) |
| National teams | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2000–01 | New Zealand | 4 | (48) |
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2009–2011 2011–2012 |
Clermont Sale |
16 2 |
(10) (0) |
| Provincial/State sides | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2003–2007 2008–2009 2011 |
Auckland Counties Manukau Counties Manukau |
36 17 6 |
(35) (13) (16) |
| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2004–2006 2007–2008 2009 |
Blues Chiefs Blues |
19 7 4 |
(30) (20) (0) |
| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2010–2011 | Samoa | 7 | (3) |
| Coaching career | |||
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| 2012– | King's College | ||
Tasesa James Lavea (born 10 January 1980) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. He is of Samoan descent and heritage, and he currently coaches the 1st XV for King's College.
Although born in Taihape, Lavea grew up in Auckland and attended Papatoetoe High School, then St Kentigern College where he played for three seasons in the 1st XV. He was an age-group representative between the ages of 14 and 16, and played for both the Auckland and New Zealand Secondary Schools teams in 1998. He also excelled in cricket.
Lavea played fly-half for the Blues in Super Rugby from 2004 to 2006. He also played at inside centre for the Chiefs in the 2007 and 2008 seasons. In 2009 he rejoined the Blues.
At provincial level, Lavea played for Auckland in the National Provincial Championship from 2003 through to 2007. He joined Counties Manukau in 2008.
He played for French Top 14 team ASM Clermont Auvergne between 2009 and 2011.
Following secondary school, Lavea played for the Junior All Blacks and was then scouted by Melbourne Storm (despite never having played rugby league until signing), switching codes to play in Australia. Having won the 1999 Premiership, the Melbourne Storm travelled to England to contest the 2000 World Club Challenge against Super League Champions St Helens RLFC, with Lavea playing from the interchange bench in the victory. Thanks to his prodigious goal-kicking skills, in 2000 he was the Melbourne Storm's leading points scorer (190 points) and was named the club's Rookie of the Year.
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