Willie Talau

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Sunday, 25th January, 1976
Current Age
48 years and 53 days
Place Of Birth
Apia, Apia, Samoa

Known Family Links

Son
Tommy Talau

Biography

Robust Taranaki centre/five-eighth made his Kiwi Test debut in 1999 after starring for the Bulldogs in the club’s run to the grand final the previous year. Talau represented NZ in the 2000 World Cup but a broken ankle in 2003 saw him make his comeback in the Bulldogs’ First Division team (he was selected as NZ five-eighth in the ANZac Test that year despite not playing first grade). Talau later joined St Helens in the 2003 Super League season and scored two tries when Saints defeated Wigan 32-16 in the 2004 English Challenge Cup.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 101 38 -   - 152 63 32 6 62.38% List
NRL Finals 9 5 -   - 20 5 4 0 55.56% List
Anzac Tests 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tri-Nations 3 1 -   - 4 2 1 0 66.67% List
Tour Matches New Zealand 2 2 -   - 8 2 0 0 100.00% List
World Cup 7 6 -   - 24 5 2 0 71.43% List
Super League 153 54 -   - 216 102 48 3 66.67% List
Challenge Cup 23 16 -   - 64 20 3 0 86.96% List
World Club Challenge 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1999-01, 2003, 2006 13 9 -   - 36 8 5 0 61.54% List
Samoa 2007-08 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
Overall1999-2008 16 9 0   0 36 10 6 0 62.50% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1999-2000 5 6 -   - 24 4 1 0 80.00% List
Samoa 2007-2008 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Overall2000-2008 7 6 0   0 24 5 2 0 71.43% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canterbury NRL 1998 13 5 -   - 20 10 3 0 76.92% List
Canterbury NRL 1999 19 5 -   - 20 12 6 1 63.16% List
Bulldogs NRL 2000 16 5 -   - 20 7 8 1 43.75% List
Bulldogs NRL 2001 26 7 -   - 28 15 8 3 57.69% List
Bulldogs NRL 2002 20 14 -   - 56 16 3 1 80.00% List
Bulldogs NRL 2003 7 2 -   - 8 3 4 0 42.86% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canterbury 1998-03 101 38 -   - 152 63 32 6 62.38% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St Helens 2003 7 1 -   - 4 2 5 0 28.57% List
St Helens 2004 32 15 -   - 60 21 10 1 65.63% List
St Helens 2005 27 13 -   - 52 21 5 1 77.78% List
St Helens 2006 28 11 -   - 44 25 3 0 89.29% List
St Helens 2007 29 10 -   - 40 21 8 0 72.41% List
St Helens 2008 29 16 -   - 64 24 4 1 82.76% List
Salford 2009 7 2 -   - 8 4 3 0 57.14% List
Salford 2010 18 2 -   - 8 5 13 0 27.78% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St Helens 2003-08 152 66 -   - 264 114 35 3 75.00% List
Salford 2009-10 25 4 -   - 16 9 16 0 36.00% List
Overall2003-2010 177 70 0   0 280 123 51 3 69.49% List

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Cymru RL, Bill Bates

Sources: NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004, Richard Bailey's Rugby League World