Tevita Latu
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Personal information
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| Full name | Tevita Pakai Leo-Latu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 July 1981 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 17 June 2011
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Tevita Leo-Latu (born 3 July 1981, in Auckland, New Zealand) is a rugby league footballer for the Point Chevalier Pirates. He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League. His usual position is at hooker though he can also play in the halves.
Latu began playing rugby league at a young age in Auckland for his local club side Richmond Rovers, though he did not start to seriously contemplate a professional career in league until his late teens when he started playing for the Brothers club in the New Zealand Bartercard Cup competition. It was there where his skills were noticed by the New Zealand Warriors whom immediately signed him up to their playing roster for the beginning of the 2003 season.
Latu made his début for the New Zealand side coming off the bench during round twelve of the 2003 season against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, a match in which Latu helped his club to a good victory of 23 to 6.
He spent the next two seasons at the club falling both in and out of favour with the team's selectors seeing him make only a further thirteen appearances from 2003–2004 for the club after his début.
After some impressive performances for his club during the 2004 season Latu was called up to the New Zealand Kiwis international side for the middle of the year one off test match against the Australians. Latu started on the bench eventually coming on to make his international début.
After some loss of form and falling out of favour with the Warriors coaching staff during the 2005 season where he was only given a mere eight appearances, the club decided to release Latu at the completion of the NRL season.
Tevita signed for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at the beginning of the 2006 season, immediately becoming a regular selection in the Sharks seventeen. He was often used as an interchange hooker often replacing Kevin Kingston on the field for the Sharks adding a much needed attacking spark. Latu played a total of ten games for the club before being involved in an off field assault and subsequently having his contract terminated by the club.
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