Tangi Ropati

Tangi Ropati (born November 15, 1984) is a former Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays for the Marist Saints in the Fox Memorial. He usually plays as a fullback or centre.

Tangi Ropati

Personal information
Born	(1984-11-15) 15 November 1984 (age 40) New Zealand
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position	Fullback, Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–10 Sheffield Eagles 50 27 14 0 136 2011 Widnes Vikings 20 7 1 0 30 2012 Featherstone Rovers 16 16 0 0 64 Total 86 50 15 0 230 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006–08 Samoa 7 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2] As of 13 November 2014

Background

Ropati was born in New Zealand.

Playing career

Ropati played for the Marist Richmond Brothers in the 2004 Bartercard Cup.

Ropati was signed by the Sheffield Eagles in 2009 after they spotted him in the 2008 World Cup.^[3]

Ropati joined Widnes Vikings in the 2010 close season along with Chaz I'Anson, Steve Tyrer and Macgraff Leuluai as the Vikings prepared for Super League.

Ropati was released from Widnes and in 2012 joined Championship winners Featherstone Rovers.

Featherstone Rovers

Ropati scored the opening try for Rovers against arch rivals Castleford Tigers in the Challenge Cup 4th Round tie on Saturday, 14 April 2012.^[4]

Return to New Zealand

In 2013 he was contracted to the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup.^[5]

In 2014 he played for the Marist Saints in the Auckland Rugby League competition and the Akarana Falcons in the NZRL National Competition.^[6][7]

Representative career

Ropati played one game for Samoa in the 2008 World Cup.

In 2009 he was named as part of the Samoan side for the Pacific Cup.^[8]