California native Tevita Tameilau played in Major League Rugby in 2018, and again between 2020-2024. He represented the Utah Warriors (2018) and the San Diego Legion (2020-2024).

Tameilau is a capped USA Eagle and has earned 16 caps for his country since his debut against Canada in the Americas Rugby Championship in 2016. In March 2018 the Utah Warriors announced that they had signed Tameilau for the inaugural MLR season. He appeared in all 8 games for the Warriors (6 starts), scoring 2 tries during the 2018 season, as well as their Semi-final against the Glendale Raptors, a 34-21 loss. Following the MLR season, Tameilau was picked up by the Glasgow Warriors in Scotland on a 2yr deal in the Pro14 (now the URC).

Approaching the 2019 playoffs, the San Diego Legion announced on social media that they had signed Tameilau for the playoffs, but this was seemingly blocked by the league and Tameilau played no part in their 2019 campaign. He was signed by the San Diego Legion ahead of the shortened 2020 season and has represented the Californian club ever since. Tameilau became the 50th player in MLR history to reach 50 total caps in the competition on 6th May, 2023. He has 56 total MLR caps as of the conclusion of the 2023 season, earning 45 starts to date including a high of 15 in the 2022 season, the same season he scored 4 of his 9 MLR tries, also a personal best. As of the conclusion of the 2023 season, Tameilau was the 5th most capped player in Legion history, with 47 appearances (37 starts) for the club including 3 in the Championship Series. He has Captained the Legion 3 times.

On 2nd October 2023, the San Diego Legion announced the return of Tevita Tameilau for the 2024 season as part of a bumper announcement of 7 returnees from their record breaking 2023 squad.

Achievements:

• MLR Runner-Up: 2023 (San Diego Legion)
• MLR Team of the Week: 2022 – Round 9
• MLR Team of the Week: 2021 – Round 5