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| Birth name | Latu Vaʻeno | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | circa 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Latu Vaʻeno (born circa 1959) is a former Tongan rugby union player. He played as a prop.
His first cap for Tonga was during a match against Fiji, at Apia, on 5 June 1985. He also was part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where he only played the pool match against Wales, at Palmerston North, on 29 May 1987, which was also his last match for Tonga.
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