Tu Tamarua

Tu Tamarua

Date of birth	(1974-06-22) 22 June 1974
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	212 lb (96 kg)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Flanker
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2001-2002 2002-2003 2004 2005 2005 2006-2007	Harlequins Swansea Henley Hawks Rotherham Pertemps Bees Pontypridd	12	(5)
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2003	Northland	12	(5)
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1997-99	Reds
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Cook Islands
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
2000	Australia

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.

External links

• Pontypridd profile