Ex-Castleford and Warrington hero Tawera Nikau reveals harrowing story on wife’s suicide and losing a leg

A cult hero amongst rugby league terraces on both sides of the world, Tawera Nikau has seldom talked about the two major incidents that shaped his and family's life forever in the early 2000s. Whilst plying his trade for Warrington, Nikau lost his wife, Letitia, to suicide in 2001, before a motorbike accident in 20023 left the former Melbourne S

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