Latu Latunipulu
Position(s) | Wing | ||
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Amateur team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
Sylvania Bulldog | () | ||
Correct as of 28 September 2022 | |||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2015–2018 | Randwick | 35 | (60) |
2017–2018 | Sydney | 10 | (40) |
2019–2020 | Bayonne | 20 | (10) |
2021 | Valence Romans | 2 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 11 | (5) |
2022 | Zebre Parma | 4 | (0) |
Correct as of 10 Dec 2022 | |||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2021– | Tonga | 1 | (5) |
Correct as of 20 Nov 2021 |
Latu Latunipulu (born 12 March 1997) is an Australian-born Tongan rugby union player. His preferred position is wing.[1] He is a Tongan international.
Career
Latunipulu was born in Australia, and played for the Randwick club in the Shute Shield, where his performances earned him a call-up to the Australia U20 side, although he did not feature due to injury.[2] While playing for Randwick, he also featured for Sydney in the National Rugby Championship.[3] Latunipulu moved to France in 2019, first representing Bayonne,[4] winning the PROD2 championship to TOP14 before playing at Valence Romans and Bourg-en-Bresse.[5][6] In September 2022, he moved to Italy to join United Rugby Championship side Zebre Parma as Joker Medicale until December 2022.[7][8]
International career
While at Bourg-en-Bresse, he made his international debut for Tonga against the French Barbarians in 2021 and later against Romania, scoring a try.[9]
References
- ^ "Latu Latunipulu". ESPN Rugby. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Injury fuelling rising rugby star's ambition". Julius Dimataga. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "NRC Round Two: Sydney Rays to kickstart 2017 Season with home NSW Derby". NSW Rugby. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "POINT TRANSFERT Alldritt prolonge à la Rochelle, Latunipulu à Bayonne, deux Jaguares en Angleterre ?". Le Rugby Nistere (in French). 2 August 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Pro D2 : un joker médical de Bayonne en renfort au VRDR pour le sprint final". France Bleu (in French). 31 March 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "RECRUTEMENT : LATUNIPULU POSE SES VALISES A BOURG !". Union Sportive Bressane (in French). Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "L'ALA DELLA NAZIONALE TONGANA LATU LATUNIPULU ALIMENTA IL REPARTO DEI TREQUARTI DELLE ZEBRE". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "LE ZEBRE SALUTANO LATU LATUNIPULU". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Tonga make five changes to face Romania". RNZ. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
External links
- itsrugby profile
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