Langi Veainu

Langi Veainu
Personal information
Born	3 November 1993; Kawakawa, New Zealand
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	72 kg (11 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Wing, Centre
Club
Representative
Rugby union
Position	Flanker
Representative
	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]

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]

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]

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