Talite Liavaʻa

Talite Liava'a

Personal information
Born	(1971-07-18) 18 July 1971 (age 53)
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1996 Swinton 1998 Balmain Tigers 6 0 0 0 0 1999–00 Auckland Warriors 11 1 0 0 4 Total 17 1 0 0 4 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1995–00 Tonga 3 1 0 0 4
Source: RLP As of 4 December 2008

Talite Liava'a (born 18 July 1971) is a former international representative rugby league footballer who played as a prop.

Representative career

Liava'a is one of a handful of players to have played in two World Cups, representing Tonga in 1995 and 2000. At the 1995 World Cup he was twenty four and playing for the Litchfield Bears when picked by coach Mike McClennan.^[1]

Playing career

After his exposure in England at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, Liava'a signed with the Swinton Lions, playing in the lower divisions of English National Leagues.^[2] He returned to Australia, playing for the Balmain Tigers in the National Rugby League in 1998. He was not re-signed for the 1999 season and moved to Mackay. He joined the Auckland Warriors midway through the season and stayed for the 2000 season.^[3] At the end of the year he was one of many players not re-signed by the new owners.^{[citation needed]}

He later played for Perpignan in France.^[4]

References

1. 1995 World Cup Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine The Vault
2. Wigan vs Bath on League's agenda The Independent, 6 December 1995
3. Talite Liavaa rugbyleague.co.nz
4. Christine Liava'a Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today, 28 May 2004