Taimane Levu (born 25 May 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who primarily plays as a prop for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership and Wests Panthers in the QRL Women's Premiership.
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| Full name | Taimane Levu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1997 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 19 February 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editLevu was born in Brisbane, Queensland and played her junior rugby league for the Inala Panthers.[1]
Playing career
editIn May 2019, Levu represented South East Queensland at the Women's National Championships.[2] On 22 June 2019, Levu represented Fetu Samoa in their 46–8 loss to New Zealand.[3] On 11 October 2019, she started at prop for the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Fiji.[4]
2020
editIn 2020, Levu played for Ipswich Brothers in the QRL Women's Premiership and later played for the Wests Panthers in the Holcim Cup.[5][6]
On 18 September, Levu joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[7] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRLW season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 28–14 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.
References
edit- ^ "SEQ name Women's teams for upcoming carnivals". QRL. 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Kiwi Ferns v Samoa". NRL.com. 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Prime Minister's XIII v Fiji teams, how to watch". NRL. 11 October 2019.
- ^ "QRL Women's BHP Premiership - 2020 Round 1". League Unlimited. 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Bears and Magpies to square off in Holcim Cup decider". QRL. 5 September 2020.
- ^ "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 18 September 2020.