Lausii Taliauli
 Taliauli during a match for Canberra Vikings, September 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (223 lb; 15 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | The Southport School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lausii Taliauli (born 8 June 1993) is a New Zealand-born Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays as a winger for the Brumbies in Super Rugby.[1][2] He also represented the Canberra Vikings in the inaugural National Rugby Championship.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Born in New Zealand but raised on Australia's Gold Coast since the age of 14, Taliauli began to make strides in his rugby career playing for the famous Southport School. After graduation, he switched to rugby league and played for the Gold Coast Titans under-20 side for 2 years before concentrating on sevens rugby.[1] Issues regarding his Australian citizenship saw him released to play for the Canberra Vikings for the latter part of the 2014 National Rugby Championship season.[2] His pace and size made such an impact in Canberra that he was awarded a full-time contract with the Brumbies for the 2015 Super Rugby season.[1]
International career
[edit]Taliauli represented the Australia Sevens team in 2014.[5]
Super Rugby statistics
[edit]- As of 25 July 2016[6]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Brumbies | 7 | 2 | 5 | 187 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Brumbies | 8 | 1 | 7 | 147 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 3 | 12 | 334 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sevens star Lausii Taliauli signs one-year deal with Brumbies". Brumbies. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Recruit Lausii Taliauli fastest in ACT Brumbies squad". Canberra Times. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Lausii Taliauli Canberra Vikings Player Profile". Brumbies. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Lausii Taliauli itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Taliauli: From League to Sevens". Rugby 365. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- 1993 births
- Australian rugby union players
- Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent
- Rugby union wings
- Male rugby sevens players
- Canberra Vikings players
- ACT Brumbies players
- Australia international rugby sevens players
- New Zealand emigrants to Australia
- Rugby union players from Wellington City
- People from the Gold Coast, Queensland
- People educated at the Southport School
- Living people