Caleb Timu

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Caleb Timu
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Date of birth (1994-02-22) 22 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight117 kg (18 st 6 lb)
School St Joseph's College, Nudgee
Marsden State High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011, 2018–19. Souths ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017-19
2019-21
2022-		 Queensland Country
Montpellier Herault Rugby
Union Bordeaux Bègles 		14
9		 (25)
(15)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016-19 Reds 21 (25)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011
2018		 Australia Schoolboys
Australia
2
(0)

Caleb Timu (born 22 February 1994) is a New Zealand-born Australian rugby footballer of Samoan heritage [1] who played rugby union for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition and for Montpellier Herault Rugby in Top 14. [2] [3] His position of choice is back row/loose forward. [4]

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Early life

Timu was born in Auckland, New Zealand but his family migrated to Australia when he was four-years-old and he considers himself as an Australian. [5] Timu attended Marsden State High School and subsequently St Joseph's Nudgee College, where he was part of the Queensland team that won the Australian Schools Championship in 2011. [6] He was selected for the Australian Schoolboys team that year.

Career

Rugby league

Timu began his rugby league career with the Goodna Eagles in the Ipswich competition. He started his professional career playing rugby league with the Brisbane Broncos in the Australian National Rugby League. He was a second-row in the Broncos Under-20s team in the 2012 and 2013 Holden Cups. He was named in the 2012 Holden Cup team of the year and represented the Queensland under-20s side in 2012 and 2013.

After serving for two years as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [7] in New Zealand and the Cook Islands [8] [9] Timu returned to the Broncos. [10] He played for the Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Cup and for the Broncos in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines.

Rugby union

Timu signed with the Reds in 2016 and in the 2018 season was under the tutelage of former All Blacks and Kangaroos international Brad Thorn. [11] [12] Timu also won Player of the Year honours for his contributions to Bond University Queensland Country's winning the National Rugby Championship title in 2017. [13]

Personal life

Timu is married to Pamera Paasi [14] and the couple have two children. While playing rugby, Caleb is also currently a part-time student studying at Griffith University in Brisbane for a Bachelor of Business degree. [15]

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