Tauʻalupe Oko Liku ("Tau") is a Tongan former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who represented

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

at the 1995 World Cup. Tau Liku came over to England in 1994 to play for

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League. The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern R ...

( Heritage № 1073) and became one of three overseas players to make over 100 appearances for the Centurions. In 1995, Liku went on to represent

in their very first Rugby League World Cup appearance and scored in that World Cup vs. Papua New Guinea. He enjoyed stints for Cumbrian sides

Workington Town Workington Town R.L.F.C. is a semi-professional rugby league club playing in Workington in west Cumbria. Their stadium is Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team. They became Rugby League Champions in 1951 and ...

and

Barrow Raiders The Barrow Raiders are a semi-professional rugby league team in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The club was formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club. For the 1995–96 and 1996 seasons the club was known as Barrow Braves, becoming the Ba ...

before returning to play for

Swinton Lions The Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Championship. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. Before 1996, the club was known s ...

. In 2005, due to family reasons, Liku retired from rugby league. He resides still in Leigh with his wife and two children.Tonga give New Zealand a fright
''Warrington Guardian'', 20 October 2007

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liku, Tauʻalupe 1971 births Living people Barrow Raiders players Leigh Centurions players Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows Swinton Lions players Tonga national rugby league team players Tongan rugby league players Workington Town players