Early career In 2011, Latu captained the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs to the grand final of the
S. G. Ball Cup, before moving into their
National Youth Competition team, where he stayed until 2012. In 2013, he graduated to the Bulldogs'
New South Wales Cup team. In 2014, he joined the
Penrith Panthers on a 2-year contract.
2015 On 3 May, Latu played for the
New South Wales Residents against the
Queensland Residents. In Round 21 of the
2015 NRL season, he made his
NRL debut for the Panthers against the
South Sydney Rabbitohs. On 14 September, he re-signed with the Panthers on a 2-year contract until the end of 2017. On 27 September, he was named at lock in the 2015 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year. On 9 October, Latu was named to make his international debut for Tonga in their
2017 World Cup qualifying match against the
Cook Islands, though he was replaced by 18th man
David Fifita in a late change.
2016 On 13 February, Latu played for the
Indigenous All Stars against the
World All Stars, playing off the interchange bench and scoring a try i his team's 8-12 loss at
Suncorp Stadium. On 20 July, he extended his contract with the Panthers from the end of 2017 until the end of 2020.
2017 On 10 February 2017, Latu played for the
Indigenous All Stars against the
World All Stars in the
2017 All Stars match, coming off the interchange bench in the 34-8 win at
Hunter Stadium. On 6 May 2017, Latu made his international debut for Tonga, scoring 2 tries in their
2017 Pacific Test against
Fiji.
2018 Latu made his debut for the Gold Coast in round 1 of the
2018 NRL season against Canberra which ended in a 30-28 victory. Latu made a total of 6 appearances for the Gold Coast as the club finished in 14th position on the table.
2019 Latu was limited to only three games for the Gold Coast in the
2019 NRL season as the club endured a horror year on and off the field which saw them finish last on the table.
2020 On 21 January, Latu signed a two-year deal to join English
Super League side
Warrington.
2021 On 10 Feb 2021 it was announced that Leilani was leaving Warrington by mutual consent ==References==