Tali Ete'aki

Tongan rugby union player
Rugby player
Tali Ete'aki
Date of birth1963 (age 60–61)
Notable relative(s)Paul Eteaki (nephew)[1]
Occupation(s)Clerk
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
Current team --
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1984-1991 Tongatapu[2] ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1984-1991 Tonga 13 (0)

Tali Ete'aki, (born circa 1963) is a former Tongan rugby union footballer who played as a fullback.

Career

His first international cap for Tonga was during a match against Fiji, in Suva, on 21 July 1984. He was also part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup squad, playing all the three pool stage matches against Ireland, Canada and Wales. In the latter match, where the Welsh winger Glen Webbe got hit in the chin by a flying tackle done by Ete'aki.[3][4] Ete'aki last played for Tonga in the match against Samoa in Nuku'alofa, on 28 May 1991.

Notes

  1. ^ Paul Eteaki at URugby HS and College Rugby
  2. ^ Photo of the Tonga 1991 squad on The Tonga Chronicle
  3. ^ Tongan treble eludes Webbe
  4. ^ Tonga 16 Wales 29

External links

  • Scrum.com profile
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Tonga squad1987 Rugby World Cup
Forwards
Backs
Coach: Prince Mailefihi


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