Latu_Latunipulu
Latu Latunipulu
Tongan rugby union player
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.
| Birth name | Latu Fonomanu Latunipulu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (15.9 st; 223 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
- "Latu Latunipulu". ESPN Rugby. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- "Injury fuelling rising rugby star's ambition". Julius Dimataga. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- "NRC Round Two: Sydney Rays to kickstart 2017 Season with home NSW Derby". NSW Rugby. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- "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.
- "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.
- "RECRUTEMENT : LATUNIPULU POSE SES VALISES A BOURG !". Union Sportive Bressane (in French). Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- "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.
- "LE ZEBRE SALUTANO LATU LATUNIPULU". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- "Tonga make five changes to face Romania". RNZ. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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