Tamaiti Horua
| Date of birth | 27 March 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Nelson, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 241 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Kevin's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tamaiti Horua (born 27 March 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby union player.
Born in Nelson, Horua left New Zealand aged five and grew up in Melbourne, attending St Kevin's College.[1]
Horua, a loose forward, captained Australia at the 2002 Under-21 World Championship in South Africa and made several Australia "A" appearances during his career.[2] He competed for the ACT Brumbies from 2002 to 2005, then had a spell in Japanese professional rugby with Toyota Verblitz. On his return to Australia, Horua played two seasons at the Western Force, before signing with Ulster for another overseas stint.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Back-rower to front man?". The Age. 10 September 2003.
- ^ "Horua re-signs with Brumbies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 June 2003.
- ^ "Ulster sign Aussie flanker Horua". BBC News. 30 March 2009.
External links
[edit]- Tamaiti Horua at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- ACT Brumbies players
- Western Force players
- Toyota Verblitz players
- Ulster Rugby players
- Rugby union number eights
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union players from Melbourne
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Northern Ireland
- Expatriate rugby union players in Northern Ireland
- People educated at St Kevin's College, Melbourne
- New Zealand emigrants to Australia