Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Tasesa James Lavea
- Born
- Thursday, 10th January, 1980
- Current Age
- 46 years and 125 days
- Place Of Birth
- Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
Biography
Junior Kiwi Rugby Union international joined Melbourne with his twin brother Tai Lavea after a season with Brisbane Norths in 1999. The Rookie of the Year in 2000 Tasesa Lavea made his debut for NZ in the ANZac Test after only a handful of first grade games (he had made just one appearance from the interchange bench in 1999). Lavea proved a match-winning five-eighth, top-scoring with 190pts (7t, 81g) and breaking up the club’s premiership-winning halfback combination of Brett Kimmorley and Scott Hill. A World Cup representative at the end of the year Lavea caught the brunt of the Storms’ troubled 2001 season and signed with N’Eagles for 2002. He returned to Rugby to play in Auckland in 2003. He played for the Auckland Blues in 10 games in the Super 12s/14s competitions during 2004-06.
- 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.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 4 | 3 | 18 | - | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Anzac Tests | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 2 | 2 | 14 | - | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Tour Matches | New Zealand | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NRL Premiership Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 49 | 10 | 102 | 1 | 245 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 44.90% | List | ||||
| NRL Premiership Finals | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Other | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| World Club Challenge | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 54 | 13 | 121 | 1 | 295 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 48.15% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 2000-01 | 4 | 3 | 18 | - | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 2000 | 2 | 2 | 14 | - | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NRL Premiership Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Melbourne | 1999 NRL Premiership | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Melbourne | 2000 Telstra NRL Premiership | 24 | 7 | 81 | / | 122 | 66.39% | - | 190 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 54.17% | List | |
| Melbourne | 2001 Telstra NRL Premiership | 19 | 1 | 16 | / | 24 | 66.67% | - | 36 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 42.11% | List | |
| Northern Eagles | 2002 Telstra NRL Premiership | 5 | 2 | 5 | / | 5 | 100.00% | 1 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |
NRL Premiership Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Melbourne | 1999-01 | 44 | 8 | 97 | / | 146 | 66.44% | - | 226 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 47.73% | List | |
| Northern Eagles | 2002 | 5 | 2 | 5 | / | 5 | 100.00% | 1 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |
| Overall | 1999-2002 | 49 | 10 | 102 | / | 151 | 67.55% | 1 | 245 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 44.90% | List | |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Cymru RL
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Warrington Rugby Heritage
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