Ali LAUITIITI [
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Fri July 11, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Source: www.leedsrugby.comWorld Champions Leeds Rhinos have today announced that New Zealand international Ali Lauitiiti has agreed a new two year contract with the club.
Lauitiiti, who joined the Rhinos during the 2004 season, was due to be out of contract at the end of the current season however he will now remain at Headingley Carnegie until at least the end of the 2010 engage Super League season.
The giant second rower earned the tagline as the Michael Jordan of Rugby League due to his fantastic ball handling skills. He returned to action two weeks ago following a knee injury and he follows team mates Rob Burrow, Danny McGuire and Brent Webb in agreeing a new long term deal with the club.
Commenting on the announcement the 28-year-old said, "I could not have imagined when I arrived here four years ago that things would have gone so well for me. My wife and I have really settled into life in Leeds and the Rhinos is a fantastic club. My team mates are my best mates and it is great to be playing and training alongside them every day.
"We have got a good, young group of players here now and I think we are going to have even more success in the future. I hope I can play my part in that over the next two years," added Lauitiiti.
Head Coach Brian McClennan has coached Lauitiiti in the New Zealand national side as well as at Leeds and he knows what a quality addition he is to the Champions. He commented, "We are all very, very happy to have Ali with us for another two years.
I think everyone at Headingley Carnegie has enjoyed seeing Ali in full flight. Some of the things that Ali does on the field, he is probably one of the handful of players who can do that in the game of rugby league and the world of rugby league.
"He has worked hard in recent weeks to get himself back to full fitness and he has lost a bit of excess weight, whcih makes him even more dangerous. He has been impressive in training and we are beginning to see that in games now. Hopefully he can continue that progress on Friday night when we take on a tough Huddersfield outfit."
News Source:
www.leedsrugby.comThu June 26, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Source: www.leedsrugby.comRhinos star Ali Lauitiiti is set to return for the World Champions as they take on Castleford Tigers this Saturday at Headingley Carnegie, kick off 6pm.
The giant second rower has been out since injuring his knee against Bradford five weeks ago. However, an intense period of training and treatment have got him back to full fitness.
He commented, "I started running last week and everything has gone well. We have got to the bottom of the problem now with my knee. Our physio Meirion Jones and conditioner Jason Davidson have done a good job with me. We have built up the muscles around my knee and quad to give me more stability and I have lost some weight. They have been working me overtime to drop the weight and I am probably a couple of kilograms lighter than when I last played. I feel better for having lost the weight. My problem is that I have a sweet tooth! But I have really knuckled down to lose the weight to help me get back quicker and make sure that I don't break down again.
"We did a lot of extra work early in the morning before the other guys came in and after they have gone home. I have targeted the Cas game for a couple of weeks and I am looking forward to it," added Lauitiiti.
Elsewhere in the 19 man squad, McClennan is without seven players who will be involved in the Gillette Fusion Test Match on Friday night whilst Nick Scruton will begin his three match ban and Carl Ablett has suffered an ankle injury in the defeat to St Helens last Friday.
The average age of the squad is 23 however only Joe Chandler and Michael Haley have not played for the first team this season and the latter has been playing for Doncaster in the Co-operative National League on loan.
The squad in full is:
01. Brent Webb
02. Scott Donald
05. Lee Smith
08. Kylie Leuluai
09. Matt Diskin
11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan
14. Ali Lauitiiti
16. Ryan Bailey
21. Jordan Tansey
22. Ryan Hall
23. Danny Williams
24. Luke Burgess
25. Danny Allan
26. Ben Kaye
28. Simon Worrall
30. Michael Haley
32. Kallum Watkins
33. Joe Chandler
34. Ben Jones-Bishop
News Source:
www.leedsrugby.com
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 2008 World Club Challenge
Leeds Rhinos
1 games; [View] WCC [29 Feb 08] W 11-4 v Storm (H). [BE]
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2008 engage English Super League
Leeds Rhinos
18 games; 7 tries, 28 points.
[View] Round 1 [10 Feb 08] W 30-10 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [15 Feb 08] W 44-8 v Wakefield (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] W 34-6 v Les Catalans (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [02 Feb 08] W 20-12 v Hull KR (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [07 Mar 08] L 20-38 v Castleford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [14 Mar 08] W 48-0 v Harlequins (H). [SR]
[View] Round 7 [20 Mar 08] W 44-2 v Bradford (H). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] W 30-4 v Hull FC (A). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [28 Mar 08] W 14-10 v St Helens (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [05 Apr 08] L 10-14 v Wigan (H). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [23 May 08] W 30-14 v Bradford (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [28 Jun 08] W 18-12 v Castleford (H). [SR]
[View] Round 20 [04 Jul 08] L 22-23 v Wigan (A). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [11 Jul 08] W 46-8 v Huddersfield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 22 [19 Jul 08] W 37-24 v Les Catalans (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [02 Aug 08] L 12-22 v Warrington (A). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [15 Aug 08] W 54-12 v Castleford (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [22 Aug 08] W 52-16 v Wigan (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
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2007 engage English Super League
Leeds Rhinos
15 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Feb 07] W 30-26 v Salford City (A). [SR]
[View] Round 2 [16 Feb 07] W 18-4 v Hull FC (H). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 07] L 22-30 v Les Catalans (A). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [04 Mar 07] W 16-12 v Huddersfield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [10 Mar 07] L 20-22 v Hull KR (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [16 Mar 07] W 32-26 v Wakefield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [23 Mar 07] W 28-16 v Harlequins (H). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [05 Apr 07] W 18-14 v Bradford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [06 May 07] W 42-38 v Bradford. [BE]
[View] Round 21 [20 Jul 07] L 16-23 v Wakefield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [10 Aug 07] W 52-14 v Salford City (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [17 Aug 07] W 34-18 v Hull KR (H). [BE]
[View] Round 27 [14 Sep 07] W 46-4 v Wakefield (H). [BE]
[View] Finals Week 2 [28 Sep 07] L 8-10 v St Helens (A). [BE]
[View] Finals Week 3 [05 Oct 07] W 36-6 v Wigan (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
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2006 International Test Matches
New Zealand Kiwis
1 games; [View] XXXX Test [27 Jun 06] L 14-46 v Great Britain (A). [SR]
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2006 engage English Super League
Leeds Rhinos
25 games; 7 tries, 28 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Feb 06] W 20-12 v Huddersfield (H). [SR]
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 06] W 24-16 v Wigan (A). [SR]
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 06] L 4-13 v St Helens (A). [SR]
[View] Round 4 [05 Mar 06] W 66-14 v Castleford (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 06] W 58-10 v Les Catalans (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 06] W 20-12 v Salford City (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [25 Mar 06] W 60-0 v Harlequins (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [07 Apr 06] W 34-26 v Hull (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [13 Apr 06] L 18-20 v Bradford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 06] W 24-18 v Salford City (A). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [21 Apr 06] W 42-6 v Castleford (H). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [01 May 06] L 16-44 v Warrington (A). [SR]
[View] Round 16 [09 Jun 06] W 48-22 v Wigan (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [16 Jun 06] W 19-18 v Salford City (A). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [23 Jun 06] W 36-20 v Wakefield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 19 [02 Jul 06] W 36-14 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [07 Jul 06] W 26-24 v Bradford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 21 [16 Jul 06] L 30-31 v Castleford (A). [LK]
[View] Round 22 [22 Jul 06] L 14-18 v St Helens (H). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [04 Aug 06] L 16-23 v Hull FC (A). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [11 Aug 06] L 18-20 v Wigan (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [18 Aug 06] W 14-12 v Wakefield (A). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [01 Sep 06] W 54-16 v Warrington (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 28 [15 Sep 06] W 60-12 v Les Catalans (H). [BE]
[View] Finals Week One [22 Sep 06] L 17-18 v Warrington (H). [BE]
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2005 Tri-Nations Test Series
New Zealand Kiwis
3 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Tri-Nations Match 3 [29 Oct 05] W 42-26 v Great Britain (A). [BE]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 5 [12 Nov 05] L 12-38 v Great Britain (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Tri-Nations Final [26 Nov 05] W 24-0 v Australia. [BE]
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2005 English Super League
Leeds Rhinos
28 games; 12 tries, 48 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Feb 05] W 16-12 v Hull (A). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 05] W 30-18 v St Helens (H). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 05] W 66-8 v Widnes (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [06 Mar 05] W 54-10 v Huddersfield (A). [SR]
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 05] W 38-6 v Warrington (H). [SR]
[View] Round 6 [18 Mar 05] W 30-12 v Salford (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [24 Mar 05] W 42-12 v Bulls (A). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [09 Apr 05] W 64-6 v London (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [15 Apr 05] W 38-14 v Wigan (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [23 Apr 05] W 42-20 v Widnes (A). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [29 Apr 05] W 44-14 v Huddersfield (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 [13 May 05] W 60-4 v Leigh (A). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [20 May 05] W 42-24 v Leigh (H). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [27 May 05] L 24-38 v St Helens (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [03 Jun 05] W 34-14 v Hull (H). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [10 Jun 05] W 70-6 v Wildcats (A). [BE] 20 Pts; 5t
[View] Round 18 [18 Jun 05] W 70-0 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 19 [01 Jul 05] W 36-26 v Bulls (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [09 Jul 05] L 24-32 v London (A). [BE]
[View] Round 21 [15 Jul 05] W 54-14 v Salford (H). [PR]
[View] Round 22 [23 Jul 05] W 46-22 v Warrington (A). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [07 Aug 05] W 74-0 v Leigh (A). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [13 Aug 05] W 44-24 v London (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [19 Aug 05] L 10-42 v Bulls (H). [BE]
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 05] L 22-24 v Wigan (A). [SR]
[View] Round 27 [10 Sep 05] L 16-33 v Warrington (A). [SR]
[View] Qualifying Semi-Final [30 Sep 05] W 19-16 v St Helens (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Grand Final [15 Oct 05] L 6-15 v Bulls. [BE]
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2004 NRL Telstra Premiership
New Zealand Warriors
2 games; [View] Round 1 [14 Mar 04] L 20-28 v Broncos (A). [SR]
[View] Round 2 [20 Mar 04] L 10-16 v Dragons (H). [SR]
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