Dene Halatau

Dene Halatau

Halatau at the 2008 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Dene La Halatau
Born	27 January 1983 (1983-01-27) (age 28) Invercargill, New Zealand
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Lock, Hooker, Centre, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–09	Wests Tigers	128	17	0	0	68
2010–	Canterbury Bulldogs	10	0	0	0	0
	Total	138	17	0	0	68
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2004–09	New Zealand	15	0	0	0	0
As of 27 March 2011
Source: NRL Stats & Rugby League Project

Dene Halatau (born 27 January 1983 in Invercargill, New Zealand) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League (NRL). A New Zealand international representative forward, he previously played club football for the Wests Tigers, with whom he won the 2005 NRL Premiership.

Bipgraphy

Halatau is of Niuean descent.^[1][2] He has been selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team since 2004. Halatau played at lock forward for the Wests Tigers in their 2005 NRL grand final victory over the North Queensland Cowboys. He played for New Zealand in the 2006 Rugby League Tri-Nations. He also went on the 2007 All Golds tour, playing against Great Britain at hooker. In August 2008, Halatau was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,^[3] and in October 2008, he was named in the final 24-man Kiwi squad.^[4] Halatau was a member of the World Cup winning New Zealand team which defeated Australia in the 2008 World Cup Final at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

In August 2009, Halatau signed a 3 year deal with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs commencing in 2010.

Career highlights

• First Grade Debut: Round 13, Wests Tigers v Manly at Leichhardt Oval, 8 June 2003
• Premierships: 2005 (West Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys)

References

1. ^ http://leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=5905
2. ^ Jackson, Glenn (2010-06-25). "A league of their own: islanders provide NRL family with ample opportunity to cross the cultural divide". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/a-league-of-their-own-islanders-provide-nrl-family-with-ample-opportunity-to-cross-the-cultural-divide-20100624-z3lq.html. 
3. ^ "Kiwis select Sonny Bill". Sky Sports. 2008-08-08. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_3949034,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
4. ^ "Kiwis to wait on Webb and Matai". BBC. 2008-10-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656238.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 

External links

• Dene Halatau at Wests Tigers
• Dene Halatau at NRL.com
• Dene Halatau at the Rugby League Project

Persondata
Name	Halatau, Dean
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Short description
Date of birth	27 January 1983
Place of birth	Invercargill
Date of death
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