Langi Veainu

Langi Veainu (born 3 November 1993) is a New Zealand rugby league and rugby union footballer.

Langi Veainu
Personal information
Born (1993-11-03) 3 November 1993
Kawakawa, New Zealand
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (11 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 New Zealand Warriors 3 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–18 New Zealand 3 2 0 0 8
Rugby union
PositionFlanker
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020 New Zealand 1 2 0 0 10
As of 29 November 2020
Source: RLP

She previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership and has represented New Zealand in both codes.

Background

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

Rugby league

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

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 Waitakere.[13]

References
  1. "Kiwi Can Leader Langi Veainu". Dingle Foundation.
  2. "Warriors' Langi Veainu following in footsteps of former Crusader, Highlander". Stuff.co.nz. 7 September 2018.
  3. "Kiwi Ferns galore for Women in League clash". NZ Warriors. 28 July 2016.
  4. "Vatuvei to debut for Tonga". NZ Warriors. 2 May 2017.
  5. "No joy for Kiwi Ferns". NZ Warriors. 6 May 2017.
  6. "Vodafone Warriors unveil NRL women's premiership squad". NZ Warriors. 1 August 2018.
  7. "Club's first women's team named". NZ Warriors. 5 September 2018.
  8. "Big Warriors presence in Kiwi Ferns". NZ Warriors. 2 October 2018.
  9. "Langi Veainu". NZ Rugby.
  10. "Black Ferns development XV to play Australia A named". All Blacks. 20 November 2019.
  11. "Australia A v Black Ferns development". World Rugby.
  12. "Black Ferns development v Papua New Guinea". World Rugby.
  13. "Langi Veainu leads Black Ferns to win over Barbarians". TVNZ. 14 November 2020.
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