Victoria Latu (born 22 March 1993) is an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer who played for the Sydney Roosters Women in the NRL Women's Premiership. Also a former Wallaroo Australian rugby player
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| Born | 22 March 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | No.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 16 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
editRugby league
editIn 2013, Latu represented New South Wales in their 12–30 loss to Queensland.[1]
In 2018, Latu joined the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[2] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut in a 4–10 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[3] On 30 September 2018, she came off the bench in the Roosters' 12–34 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[4]
Rugby union
editIn 2016 and 2017, while playing for New South Wales, Latu was named the Player of the Tournament at the Buildcorp National Women's Championships.[5] In 2016, she was named for the Wallaroos for their tour of New Zealand but was ruled out due to injury. In June 2018, she was named in the Wallaroos squad to play England.[6]
Personal life
editLatu's uncle, George Latu, playing 10 Tests for Manu Samoa.
References
edit- ^ "We Need You - Women's Rugby League History". NSWRL. 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Corporate Support Continues For Roosters Women's Players". Sydney Roosters. 4 September 2018.
- ^ "NRLW Late Mail - Round 1". Sydney Roosters. 8 September 2018.
- ^ "NRLW Late Mail - Grand Final". Sydney Roosters. 30 September 2018.
- ^ "Sydney women's rugby XV to face ACT in final of 2017". The Daily Telegraph. 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Wallaroos name 11 debutants to face England". rugby.com.au. 8 June 2018.