Alofa Alofa
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| Full name | Alofa Alofa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 March 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Canterbury Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alofa Alofa (born 12 March 1991) is a Samoan international rugby union footballer who plays as a centre for Harlequins in the English Gallagher Premiership.[1][2]
Background
[edit | edit source]Alofa was born in Auckland, New Zealand but emigrated to Australia with his family aged four.
Career
[edit | edit source]Rugby League
[edit | edit source]He started out his professional career in rugby league with the Sydney Roosters, and switched to union in 2013.
Rugby Union
[edit | edit source]He scored 13 tries during the 2013 Shute Shield season, this brought him to the attention of the Waratahs who named him in their wider training group for the 2014 Super Rugby season. Alofa made his first appearance in week 1 of the campaign and marked his debut with a try in a 43-21 win over the WesternForce in Sydney.[3][4]
Internationally, Alofa was eligible to play for New Zealand due to it being the country of his birth. He was also able to play for the Wallabies by virtue of residency, and Samoa through his Samoan born parents, the Samoan ministers Kaisala and Tusi.[5] On 14 November 2014, he made his international debut for Samoa against Canada, starting on the right wing.
References
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External links
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in England
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian rugby union players
- Australian people of Samoan descent
- Sportspeople of Samoan descent
- Footballers who switched code
- Harlequin F.C. players
- New South Wales Waratahs players
- New Zealand emigrants to Australia
- Newtown Jets NSW Cup players
- People educated at Canterbury Boys' High School
- Randwick DRUFC players
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby league players from Auckland
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- Rugby union wings
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in England
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in France
- Samoan rugby union players
- Stade Rochelais players
- Sydney Roosters players
- West Harbour RFC players
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen