Neemiah Stanley Tialata

Neemiah Stanley Tialata

Neemiah Stanley Tialata was born in Lower Hutt on 15 July 1982 and educated at Wellington College and Parkway College. He played club rugby at prop for Petone and provincial and Super Rugby for Wellington and the Hurricanes. He first played for New Zealand in 2005, featured in the 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign, and by 2011 had scored two tries in 43 tests. He also played for New Zealand as a replacement against the Barbarians at Twickenham in 2009. Twelve months later he was in the Barbarians' starting XV when they defeated South Africa.