Latu Latunipulu

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Latu Latunipulu
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Birth nameLatu Fonomanu Latunipulu
Date of birth (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight101 kg (15.9 st; 223 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Sylvania Bulldog ()
Correct as of 28 September 2022
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(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
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Latu Latunipulu". ESPN Rugby. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Injury fuelling rising rugby star's ambition". Julius Dimataga. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "NRC Round Two: Sydney Rays to kickstart 2017 Season with home NSW Derby". NSW Rugby. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "RECRUTEMENT : LATUNIPULU POSE SES VALISES A BOURG !". Union Sportive Bressane (in French). Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "LE ZEBRE SALUTANO LATU LATUNIPULU". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Tonga make five changes to face Romania". RNZ. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2022.



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