Latu Talakai | |
Fullname: | Sione Latu Talakai |
Birth Date: | 26 December 1979 |
Birth Place: | Neiafu, Vava'u, Tonga |
Height: | 1.93 m |
Weight: | 132 kg |
Position: | Prop |
Currentclub: | Eastwood |
Years1: | 2009-2018 |
Clubs1: | Waikato |
Years2: | 2018-present |
Clubs2: | Eastwood |
Repyears1: | 2017–present |
Repcaps1: | 6 |
Reppoints1: | 5 |
Clubupdate: | 22 September 2019 |
Repupdate: | 22 September 2019 |
Sione Latu Talakai (born 26 December 1989) is a Tongan rugby union player who generally plays as a prop represents Tonga internationally and plays for Australian Shute Shield club Eastwood.[1] He was included in the Tongan squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup which is held in Japan for the first time and also marks his first World Cup appearance.[2] He helped captain the Wests Bulldogs to a premiership in 2022.
He made his international debut for Tonga against Wales on 16 June 2017.[3] He was also part of the Tongan team which emerged as runners-up to Fiji at the 2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup.