Timothy Lafaele
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| Born | 19 August 1991 Pago Pago, American Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb; 216 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | De La Salle College, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Yamanashi Gakuin University, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Timothy Lafaele (Japanese: ティモシー・ラファエレ; born 19 August 1991) is an American Samoan-born, Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a fly-half or centre.[1] He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and the Kobelco Steelers in Japan's domestic Top League.[2][3] He received Japanese citizenship in 2017.[4]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Lafaele has played his senior rugby in Japan with the Coca-Cola Red Sparks, who he joined in 2014.[5]
International
[edit | edit source]Lafaele received his first call-up for his adopted country Japan's senior squad ahead of the 2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals. He debuted as a second-half replacement in new head coach, Jamie Joseph's first game, a 54-20 loss at home to Argentina.[1]
References
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Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- American Samoan rugby union players
- Japanese rugby union players
- Japan international rugby union players
- American Samoan expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union centres
- Coca-Cola Red Sparks players
- Sunwolves players
- Kobelco Kobe Steelers players
- Sportspeople from Pago Pago
- American Samoan expatriates in New Zealand
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- American Samoan expatriate rugby union players
- Yamanashi Gakuin University alumni
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- Naturalised rugby union players
- People educated at De La Salle College, Māngere East