Langi Veainu

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Langi Veainu
Personal information
Born (1993-11-03) 3 November 1993 (age 28)
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

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[]

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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