Alex Telea
| Date of birth | 25 March 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Telea (born 25 March 1972) is a New Zealand-born Samoan former rugby union international.[1]
A winger from Lower Hutt, Telea won NZ Colts selection in 1993 and the following year began in provincial rugby with Wellington.[2] He played with the Hurricanes from 1996 to 1999, scoring 14 tries from 31 appearances, before succumbing to a knee injury. Once he recovered, Telea had an overseas stint with Coventry and played provincial rugby until 2006.[3]
Telea was capped five times for Western Samoa, debuting against Scotland at Murrayfield in 1995. He faced the All Blacks in a match at Napier the following year and scored Western Samoa's only try during the first-half.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Alex T Telea". New Zealand Rugby History.
- ^ "Alex Telea - Hurricanes". www.hurricanes.co.nz.
- ^ "Manawatu have Telea in their sights". NZ Herald. 16 August 2005.
- ^ "All Blacks send out a warning". The Herald. 8 June 1996.
External links
[edit]- Alex Telea at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Samoan rugby union players
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Lower Hutt
- Rugby union wings
- Wellington rugby union players
- Southland rugby union players
- Manawatu rugby union players
- Horowhenua-Kapiti rugby union players
- Hurricanes (rugby union) players
- New Zealand rugby union players