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{{Short description|Former Australian rugby union player}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
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| ru_amateurclubs =
| ru_amupdate =
| ru_clubyears = 2007 <br>
| ru_proclubs = {{nowrap|[[Central Coast Rays]] <br> [[Toyota Verblitz]] <br/> [[Kurita Water Gush]]}}
| ru_clubcaps = 3 <br> 14 <br/> 9
| ru_clubpoints = (0) <br> (10) <br/> (5)
| ru_clubupdate =
| ru_nationalteam = [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]]
| ru_nationalyears = 2006–2016
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| ru_ntupdate = 25 June 2016
| super14years = 2005–2016
| super14 = {{Rut
| super14caps = 134
| super14points = (65)
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==Early life==
Palu was born in Sydney. His mother was [[Keta Iongi]], a Tongan sprinter who won several gold medals at the [[Pacific Games|South Pacific Games]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tongan rugby player's death reveals sport talent runs in family blood |url=https://www.familysearch.org/service/records/storage/das-mem/patron/v2/TH-904-53780-3924-38/dist.txt?ctx=ArtCtxPublic |website=FamilySearch.org |access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> He attended [[Balgowlah Boys Campus|Balgowlah Boys High School]].{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}
==Career==
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He returned to the Wallabies for a successful season in 2012, starting at Number 8 for the three-nil test series win against {{nrut|Wales}} and Australia's drawn match in Brisbane against {{nrut|New Zealand}} before test wins against {{nrut|England}}, {{nrut|Italy}} and {{nrut|Wales}} on the 2012 end-of-year tour. Palu started in all three home tests against the [[British and Irish Lions]] in 2013, with the series being won by the visitors by two matches to one. He played a further ten matches for Australia, including one at the [[2015 Rugby World Cup]],<ref name=sn-2016/> making his last appearance against England in June 2016 to take his total to 58 tests.<ref name=sn-2016/>
The following month, Palu completed the twelfth and final season of his career with the Waratahs,<ref name=rebs-verblitz-2017/> which had included starting at Number 8 for the team's [[Super Rugby]] title-winning season in 2014. He joined Japanese club [[Toyota Verblitz]] for his last professional club contract in 2016 and 2017.<ref name=rebs-verblitz-2017/>
==Controversies==
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* {{Webarchive|title=Waratahs player detail: Wycliff Palu|date=25 January 2014 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125220423/http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs/Team/SuperRugbySquad/PlayerPage/tabid/182/playerid/21/Default.aspx}}
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