 Latunipulu in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Latu Fonomanu Latunipulu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (223 lb; 15 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
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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