Tu Tamarua

Tu Tamarua
Date of birth (1974-06-22) 22 June 1974 (age 49)
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight212 lb (96 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2001-2002
2002-2003
2004
2005
2005
2006-2007		 Harlequins
Swansea
Henley Hawks
Rotherham
Pertemps Bees
Pontypridd		 12 (5)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003 Northland 12 (5)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997-99 Reds ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
 Cook Islands
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2000 Australia 7s

Tu Tamarua (born 22 June 1974) is a retired Cook Islands rugby union flanker.

Career

Tamarua played for Queensland Reds, in Australia, from 1997 to 1999. He later played for NEC Harlequins, in England, for 2001/02 but missed a portion of the season due to injury. He then played for Swansea, in Wales, for 2002/03, moving to Northland, in New Zealand, in 2003. He moved again to Henley Hawks, in 2004, then to Rotherham, in January 2005. In June 2005, he was assigned for Pertemps Bees. His last season was at Pontypridd, in 2006/07.

Tamarua played for Australia Sevens, in 2000, but played instead for the Cook Islands national rugby union team. He was the first and still the only Cook Islands player to have been selected and played for the Pacific Islanders, in 2004.

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