Latu Makaafi

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Latu Makaafi
Personal information
Full name Latu Makaafi
Date of birth (1982-08-17) August 17, 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Faleloa, Tonga[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 107 kg (236 lb; 16 st 12 lb)
Club information
Position Flanker
Current club Doncaster Knights
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2000-2006
2006-2008
2008-2009
2009-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014		 Bradford & Bingley
Jersey
Hull
Wharfedale
Doncaster
Rotherham
Jersey
Doncaster		 39 (85)

20 (41)
25 (60)
45 (25)
17 (0)
18 (0)
24 (45)
Representative teams
2003- Tonga
Tonga u-21		 1 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Latu Makaafi, also spelt as Latu Maka'afi, (born 1982)[2] is a Tongan rugby union flanker and Number 8[3] who plays for RFU Championship team, Doncaster Knights

Rugby career

Makaafi started playing rugby in England in 2000 when he started playing for Bradford & Bingley RFC.[4] In 2006, he signed for London 2 South club Jersey R.F.C., becoming the first professional player for Jersey[5] after receiving a work permit from the States of Jersey Customs and Immigration Service.[6] In 2008, Makaafi signed for Hull. In October 2008, he was suspended from playing rugby for 8 weeks by the Yorkshire Rugby Football Union after being sent off for punching.[7] In 2009, Makaafi signed for Wharfedale R.U.F.C..[8] In 2011, he left Wharfedale for Doncaster Knights.[3] In leaving Wharfedale Makaafi recommended that fellow Tongan Talite Vaioleti would replace him at Wharfedale.[9] In 2012, Makaafi moved to fellow RFU Championship team Rotherham Titans for the 2012–13 RFU Championship season as part of a mass exodus of players from Doncaster Knights.[10] During his time at Rotherham Titans, Makaafi played as a guest player at his old club, Bradford & Bingley for a match between a Bradford Salem Select XV and Bradford Grammar School.[11] In 2013, it was announced that Makaafi would return to Jersey for their 2013-14 season.[5] Following a season at Jersey it was announced that Latu would be returning to Doncaster for the 2014-15 season.[12]

International career

Makaafi has represented Tonga at a number of levels. He has represented the Tonga national under-20 rugby union team.[13] He has also been capped by the Tonga national rugby union team once against Fiji at the 2003 Rugby World Cup.[14]

Honours

Bradford & Bingley

Hull

Wharfedale

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jrfc.je/1st-team/player-profiles.aspx
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