Tevita Li
| Date of birth | 23 March 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Massey High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Wing | ||
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| Current team | North Harbour / Highlanders | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2013– | North Harbour | 36 | (75) |
| 2014−16 | Blues | 30 | (35) |
| 2017− | Highlanders | 0 | (0) |
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Correct as of 29 October 2016
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2012 | New Zealand Schools | () | |
| 2014−15 | New Zealand Under-20 | 10 | (65) |
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Correct as of 29 October 2016
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Tevita Li (born 23 March 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a wing for North Harbour in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the Highlanders in the international Super Rugby competition.
Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Li was educated at Massey High School in his home town where he played first XV rugby.
Li made his senior debut for North Harbour during the 2013 ITM Cup while aged just 18 years old and still a high school student. He managed 1 try in 4 games in his first season of provincial rugby and was subsequently promoted to the full squad for 2014. His second season saw him feature in all 10 of Harbour's championship matches and score 3 tries as the men from Auckland's North Shore finished in 5th place on the log, just missing out on the promotion play offs.
He started every game in 2015 and helped himself to 4 tries as Harbour once again came agonisingly close to securing a play off berth, only to fall just short and end up in 5th spot. However, there was to be no such heartache in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup as Harbour finished in 3rd place in the regular season standings before seeing off the more fancied Wellington and Otago in the playoffs to earn promotion to the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup Premiership. Li was again an ever present, starting all 12 of Harbour's games during the year as well as bagging a career high 7 season tries including the opening try in the epic 40-37 semi-final victory away to Wellington.
Li's swift rise from high school prodigy to the upper echelons of the rugby world continued apace in 2014 when Auckland-based Super Rugby franchise, the Blues included him in their wider training group for the 2014 Super Rugby season. After Some impressive outings in pre-season, he was named on the bench for the Blues opening game away to the Highlanders and came on for his Super Rugby debut as a second-half substitute in a 21-29 loss for his side. He went on to score 3 tries in 8 matches in his first season of Super Rugby, all while just at the tender age of 19. 2015 saw a little stagnation in his progress, featuring 7 times and failing to cross the try line once as the Blues endured a horror season, winning just 3 of 16 games to finish in 14th spot on the overall log.
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