Siliva Havili

Siliva Havili

Havili playing for the Auckland Vulcans in 2013.
Personal information
Born	(1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 Auckland, New Zealand
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position	hooker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2014–15	New Zealand Warriors	14	0	0	0	0
2016–	St. George Illawarra	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	14	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2013	Tonga	2	0	0	0	0
2014	New Zealand	1	0	0	0	0
Source: [1]

Siliva Havili (born 18 February 1993) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and has represented the Tonga national rugby league team and New Zealand national rugby league team. He primarily plays as a hooker.

Playing career

A Manurewa Marlins junior, Havili signed with the New Zealand Warriors and has played in their NYC side in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons.^[2] Havili has also played for the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup.^[3] Havili was a Junior Kiwi in 2011 and 2012.^[4] On 20 April 2013, Havili made his international debut for Tonga against Samoa in the Pacific Rugby League International at Penrith Stadium. Havili started at hooker in the Tongan 36-4 victory. On 8 October 2013, Havili was selected in the Tonga 24 man squad.^[5] Havili played 1 match for Tonga in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup in Tonga's opening match against Scotland, playing at hooker in Tonga's 26-24 loss at Derwent Park.

2014

Havili made his first grade debut in Round 6 of the 2014 NRL season against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs playing off the bench in the Warriors 21-20 loss at Eden Park.^[6] On 28 April 2014, after just playing in 3 NRL matches, Havili earnt a surprise call-up to the Kiwis squad to take on Australia in the 2014 Anzac Test at SFS.^[7][8] Havili his New Zealand international debut off the bench in the 30-18 loss. On 11 May 2014, Havili extended his contact with the Warriors for a further two seasons, keeping him at the club to the end off the 2016 season.^[9] Havili finished off his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 6 matches for the Warriors in the 2014 season. On 9 September 2014, Havili was selected for the New Zealand 2014 Four Nations train on squad.^[10] On 7 October 2014, Havili was selected in the New Zealand Kiwis final 24 man squad for the series.^[11][12]

2015

On 20 July 2015, Havili signed a 2-year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons starting in 2016.^[13]

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