Dene Halatau
Personal information
Full name	Dene La Halatau
Nickname	Hammer
Born	27 January 1983 (1983-01-27) (age 26)
	Invercargill, New Zealand
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Lock, Hooker, Centre, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–2009	Wests Tigers	128	17	0	0	68
2010	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
	Total	128	17	0	0	68
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2004–09	New Zealand	15	0	0	0	0
As of 17 September 2009
Source: Rugby League Project

Dene Halatau (born 27 January 1983 in Invercargill, New Zealand) is a New Zealand professional rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. His position of choice is second row or lock however he can also play in the centre. Halatau is of Niuean descent^[1]

[edit] Playing career

Halatau has been selected for the New Zealand national team since 2004.

In August 2008, Halatau was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,^[2] and in October 2008, he was named in the final 24-man Kiwi squad.^[3]

Halatau is a member of the World Cup winning New Zealand team which defeated Australia in the 2008 World Cup Final at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

On the 14th of August 2009 Halatau accepted a 3 year deal with the Canterbury Bulldogs starting from the NRL season 2010.

[edit] Career highlights

• First Grade Debut: Round 13, Wests Tigers v Manly at Leichhardt Oval, 8 June, 2003
• Premierships: 2005 (West Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dene Halatau at Wests Tigers
• Dene Halatau at NRL.com
• Dene Halatau at the Rugby League Project

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