1. Timana Tahu last played for Denver Stampede in the US PRO Rugby competition.
26 Facts About Timana Tahu
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Timana Tahu then played for the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition.
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Timana Tahu returned to the NRL with the Eels and then the Penrith Panthers before finishing his NRL career where it started with the Newcastle Knights.
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Timana Tahu was born in Melbourne of a New Zealand Maori father and an Australian Aboriginal mother, as a result he was eligible for both the New Zealand Kiwis and Australian Kangaroos.
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Timana Tahu grew up in St Kilda before moving with his mother to Bourke in western New South Wales at the age of 12.
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Timana Tahu made his first grade debut in Round 12,1999 against South Sydney at the Sydney Football Stadium.
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Timana Tahu scored 82 tries in 97 games during his first spell with the club.
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In 2004, Timana Tahu announced that he had signed a 3-year contract to join the Eels.
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In 2005, Timana Tahu was part of the Parramatta side which won the minor premiership.
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On 20 March 2007, Timana Tahu announced he would be switching codes to rugby union join the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby from the 2008 season.
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In 2007, Timana Tahu shocked the NRL when he announced that he had decided to move to rugby union.
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On 19 December 2007, Timana Tahu agreed to a four-year contract with Shute Shield club, West Harbour.
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Timana Tahu joined fellow League convert Lote Tuqiri at the club.
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Timana Tahu received a two-match suspension, and although his rugby league career was over this suspension still carried across into rugby union.
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On 26 January 2008, Timana Tahu played his first game of rugby union.
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Timana Tahu made his debut performance in the Super 14 competition in the Waratahs clash with the Wellington Hurricanes on 16 February 2008.
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Timana Tahu scored the winning try against the Samoans, with a long distance intercept effort.
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On 7 July 2008, Timana Tahu was named in the 30 man Wallabies squad for the Tri-Nations series.
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Timana Tahu ended his career with league when in 2007, he signed a nearly $2 million, four-year contract with the ARU and NSW Waratahs.
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In 2010, Timana Tahu earned a recall to the New South Wales State of Origin team and was involved in a race-related incident with assistant coach Andrew Johns.
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Timana Tahu withdrew in protest from the New South Wales Origin team.
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Timana Tahu ended his season by playing for the New Zealand Maori against England.
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New coach Stephen Kearney denied the request and Timana Tahu was released from his contract.
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Timana Tahu played just 7 games for the Panthers in 2011 before a torn pectoral muscle ended his season.
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Only a week later it was announced Timana Tahu would be returning to his original club, the Newcastle Knights on a 2-year contract starting from 2012.
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On 6 September 2013, Timana Tahu re-signed with the Knights on a 1-year contract.