Bubba Lau'ese
Encyclopedia
Bubba Lau'ese is a New Zealand
-born Samoa
n professional basketball
player. Lau'ese played Rugby union
in Invercargill
, Southland
for the Excelsior Rugby Club
narrowly missing out on the Manu Samoa
squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup
. He trialed for the Sharks
after advice from coach Richard Dickel
and managed to pick up a spot on the team's 12-man playing roster.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
-born Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
n professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player. Lau'ese played Rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
in Invercargill
Invercargill
Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff,...
, Southland
Southland Region
Southland is New Zealand's southernmost region and is also a district within that region. It consists mainly of the southwestern portion of the South Island and Stewart Island / Rakiura...
for the Excelsior Rugby Club
Excelsior Rugby Club
Excelsior Rugby Football Club is an amateur rugby team that plays in the ILT Southland Wide Premier Division. The team has recently signed former Highlander Glen Horton.-References:Southland Rugby Clubs Page...
narrowly missing out on the Manu Samoa
Samoa national rugby union team
The Manu Samoa is the men's representative side of the Samoa Rugby Union in both the 15's and the 7's for international competitions. The Samoa Rugby Union is owned by the affiliated rugby unions of Samoa. In Samoa, Manu Samoa is in honour of a famous Samoan warrior. From 1924 to 1997 Samoa was...
squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
. He trialed for the Sharks
Southland Sharks
The Southland Sharks are a professional basketball team based in the Southland region in the New Zealand National Basketball League.The team plays their home games at Invercargill's Stadium Southland where 3,000 of the 4,500 seats are made available for regular season games.-Establishment:The...
after advice from coach Richard Dickel
Richard Dickel
Richard Dickel is the current coach of the Southland Sharks in the New Zealand National Basketball League . Dickel, who is based in Invercargill has previously played for the Waikato Pistons and Otago Nuggets in the NZNBL and has now began a career in coaching...
and managed to pick up a spot on the team's 12-man playing roster.