Ricky Nalatu

Rick Nalatu (born 1 December 1972) is a Papua New Guinea rugby union player. He is a winger.

Rick Nalatu
Birth nameRick Nalatu
Date of birth (1972-12-01) 1 December 1972
Place of birthPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
SchoolSandgate State High School
ChildrenYes
Rugby union career
Current team Retired

Early and personal life

Nalatu grew up in Papua New Guinea and migrated with his family to Brisbane, Australia in 1978.

He was educated at the Sandgate State High School in Brisbane. In 1984, he played in the school's undefeated premiership-winning 1st XV.

Rugby career

Nalatu played wing for the Reds, where he made his debut in 2006 against the Sharks. He is famous for RICK NALATU TRY SAVING TACKLE. He was certainly the fastest of the modern day Australian rugby players and one of the fastest rugby players of all time with an official fully automatic timed 10.33 s 100 m pb[1] which still sits around the 30s on the all-time Australian 100 m performances. With this speed he was a regular on the athletics track at one point at National level, where he was competitive with one of the fastest generations of Australian sprinters including Damien Marsh, Steve Brimacombe and Dean Capobianco. He competed against US sprint legend Michael Johnson in the 1994 Australian 100 m championships won by Marsh.

References
  1. Athletics Australia (1 March 2017). "Australian all-time athletics rankings" (PDF). Athletics.com.au.
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