Sione Lauaki
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| Full name | Sione Tuitupu Lauaki | ||
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| Date of birth | June 22, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Ha'apai, Tonga | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Weight | 120 kg (19 st) | ||
| Notable relative(s) | Epalahame Lauaki | ||
| Occupation(s) | Professional Rugby Player | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Flanker, Number eight | ||
| New Zealand No. | 1055 | ||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2011-Present 2010-2011 |
Bayonne Clermont |
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| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2005– 2002–2004 |
Waikato Auckland |
21 ? |
(25) (?) |
| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2004–2009 | Chiefs | 70 | (70) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2005–2008 2004 |
 New ZealandPacific Islanders |
17 3 |
(15) (15) |
Sione Tuitupu Lauaki (born 22 June 1981 in Tonga) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He is a New Zealand international. His brother, Epalahame Lauaki, is a 2nd rower rugby league player previously playing for Hull in the Super League competition.
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[edit] Early career
He attended Waitakere College in Auckland where he made the first XV in 1998. He later moved to Kelston Boys High School, where he also played in the first XV. He played his club rugby for Waitemata Rugby Football and Sports Club and was instrumental in their Gallaher Shield win in 2003. He was the fourth All Black to come from the Waitemata club after Adrian Clarke, Ken Carrington and the great Michael Jones.
[edit] Professional career
[edit] Super 14
In the Super 14 he played for the Chiefs. He racked up 70 caps for the team, having scored 14 tries during his Super 14 career. Lauaki went on to play for ASM Clermont Auvergne at the start of the 2010-11 Top 14 season. He has since moved to Aviron Bayonnais.
[edit] All Blacks
He has played loose forward for the All Blacks, with whom he made his debut in 2005 against Fiji. His final match for New Zealand was in 2008 against Samoa.
[edit] Pacific Islanders
While playing for the combined Pacific Islanders team in 2004 he scored Test match tries against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. He was one of the two Pacific Islanders rugby union team players picked for the All Blacks, the other being winger, Sitiveni Sivivatu.
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Chiefs rugby union players
- Rugby union number eights
- Rugby union flankers
- Tongan emigrants to New Zealand
- People from Ha'apai
- Pacific Islanders rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs
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