Anthony Tahana
Full name | Anthony Steven Tahana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 December 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony Steven Tahana (born 9 December 1977) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.
Educated at Western Heights High School in Rotorua, Tahana and classmate Caleb Ralph were picked by new Bay of Plenty coach Gordon Tietjens in 1996 to play provincial rugby while still schoolboys. He impressed with two tries on debut against South Canterbury and finished the season with seven tries.[1][2]
Tahana, a centre at club level, played for Bay of Plenty as a winger. He stepped away from first-class rugby between 1998 and 2001 to undertake a building apprenticeship in
References
- NZ Herald. 28 September 2007.
- ^ "Anthony Steven Tahana". New Zealand Rugby History.
- ^ "Tahana makes his point". NZ Herald. 12 October 2004.
- ^ "Winging it to a milestone". NZ Herald. 9 September 2005.