Shane Laloata
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| Born | 8 December 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shane Laloata (born 8 December 1977) is a professional rugby football player who represented Samoa in rugby league.
Rugby League career
Playing career
In 1999 Laloata was with the Newcastle Knights and played in the NSWRL Premier League.[1] He then moved to the North-Nelson Bay Marlins in the Newcastle Rugby League in 2000.[2]
In 2002 Laloata played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League. He played for the Knights NSWRL Premier League side in 2003.[3]
Representative career
Laloata played for Samoa in the 2000 World Cup.
Rugby union career
By 2005 Laloata had switched to rugby union and was playing for the Warringah Rugby Club in the Tooheys New Cup.[4]
He moved to the Newcastle and Hunter Rugby Union competition in 2007, before heading north to Brisbane in 2008.[5] However he returned to Newcastle in 2009, playing for Nelson Bay before switching to Merewether Carlton in 2010.[6]
References
- ^ Knights Player Stats Newcastle Knights Premier League
- ^ James Gardiner Five New Marlins to play in Rep Trial Match Newcastle Herald, 17 February 2000
- ^ Jeremy Plimmer NSWRL Premier League: Round 17 Preview rleague.com, 1 August 2003
- ^ All Set for the Tooheys New Cup Finals NSWRU, 8 September 2005
- ^ Hawks set to soar The Herald, 27 March 2008
- ^ Arch rivals rekindle premiership battle The Herald, 8 April 2010