Langi Veainu
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| Born | 3 November 1993 Kawakawa, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (11 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Flanker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 3 November 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Langi Veainu (born 3 November 1993) is a New Zealand rugby league and rugby union footballer. She previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership and has represented New Zealand in both codes.
Background
[edit]Born in Kawakawa, Veainu grew up in Christchurch before moving to Auckland with her family following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.[1]
Her older brother, Telusa, is a Tonga rugby union international.[2]
Playing career
[edit]Rugby league
[edit]In 2016, while playing for the Papakura Sisters, Veainu represented Counties Manukau.[3] On 6 May 2016, she made her Test debut for New Zealand, starting on the wing in their 26–16 win over Australia in Newcastle.[4]
On 5 May 2017, she started on the wing for New Zealand in a 4–16 loss to Australia in Canberra.[5]
On 1 August 2018, she was announced as a member of the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership squad.[6] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 10–4 win over the Sydney Roosters.[7]
On 13 October 2018, she started on the wing and scored two tries for New Zealand in a 24–26 loss to Australia in Auckland.[8]
Rugby union
[edit]In 2014, Veainu began playing for Counties Manukau in the Farah Palmer Cup.[9]
In November 2019, she played for the Black Ferns Development XV at the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship in Lautoka, Fiji.[10] She scored a try in their group game against Australia A and two against Papua New Guinea.[11][12]
On 14 November 2020, she made her debut for the Black Ferns, scoring two tries in a 34–15 win over the New Zealand Barbarians in West Auckland.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kiwi Can Leader Langi Veainu". Dingle Foundation.
- ^ "Warriors' Langi Veainu following in footsteps of former Crusader, Highlander". Stuff.co.nz. 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Kiwi Ferns galore for Women in League clash". NZ Warriors. 28 July 2016.
- ^ "Vatuvei to debut for Tonga". NZ Warriors. 2 May 2017.
- ^ "No joy for Kiwi Ferns". NZ Warriors. 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Vodafone Warriors unveil NRL women's premiership squad". NZ Warriors. 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Club's first women's team named". NZ Warriors. 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Big Warriors presence in Kiwi Ferns". NZ Warriors. 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Langi Veainu". NZ Rugby.
- ^ "Black Ferns development XV to play Australia A named". All Blacks. 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Australia A v Black Ferns development". World Rugby.
- ^ "Black Ferns development v Papua New Guinea". World Rugby.
- ^ "Langi Veainu leads Black Ferns to win over Barbarians". TVNZ. 14 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1993 births
- Living people
- Auckland rugby union players
- Australia women's national rugby league team players
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- New Zealand sportspeople of Tongan descent
- New Zealand female rugby league players
- New Zealand female rugby union players
- New Zealand Warriors (NRLW) players
- New Zealand women's national rugby league team players
- Sportspeople from Kawakawa, New Zealand
- Rugby league wingers
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league players from Northland Region
- Rugby union players from the Northland Region
- Rugby union wings
- Tonga women's national rugby league team players
- 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen