updated birth_place domesticyears domesticteams height article_title nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date school nationalteams name positions
11 april 2012 waitakere , auckland , new zealand 2005 -- 07 2008 -- present northern force northern mystics 1.89 0 cathrine latu
 10 2007 2009 2011-present 25 october 1986 massey high school samoa world vii new zealand cathrine latu gs , ga
cathrine latu

cathrine latu -lrb- born 25 october 1986 in waitakere , new zealand -rrb- is a new zealand netball player .
latu was a member of the new zealand secondary schools and new zealand u21 teams , and debuted in the national bank cup with the northern force in 2005 .
she continued with the team for a further two years , and remained in auckland with the start of the anz championship in 2008 , playing for the new northern mystics franchise .
of mixed polynesian and european descent , latu played at international level for samoa during the 2007 netball world championships in auckland .
she also played in a world vii team in two tests series against new zealand and australia in 2009 .
after a lacklustre first season in the anz championship , the northern mystics announced broad changes to their playing lineup for 2009 .
fijian international and former silver fern vilimaina davu was retained , while english shooter pamela cookey was also brought in as an import player .
latu was also given an exemption from netball new zealand to play with the mystics as a third `` ineligible '' player , after announcing that she would wait out the required four-year stand-down period before committing to the silver ferns after 2011 .
latu remained with the northern mystics in 2010 and 2011 , partnering in the shooting circle with maria tutaia .
with the expected retirement of silver ferns veteran shooter irene van dyk after 2011 , latu is widely predicted to join tutaia as a possible silver ferns shooting combination .
latu has signed with the northern mystics once again for the 2012 season .
latu is currently still signed with the skycity mystics and has be awarded with 100 test matches on the 13th april 2015 against the haier pulse .
after completing her four-year stand down period , latu was selected in the silver ferns team in september 2011 , and debuted against england in october
