Dwayne Polataivao
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| Date of birth | 30 July 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | De La Salle College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dwayne E. Polataivao (born 30 July 1990)[1] is a Samoan rugby union player. A scrum-half, he played for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby in 2022.[2] He has also represented Samoa internationally.[3][4][5]
Career
He started his professional career playing for the Auckland in 2015,[1] and was first selected for the Samoa national team in 2016.
He joined the Doncaster Knights in 2019.[1][6]
He was selected for the Samoa national squad ahead of the 2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup.[1]
In September 2020 he was named in the Tasman Mako squad for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup.[7] He played 7 games for the Mako in the 2020 season as they won their second premiership title in a row.[citation needed]
Polataivao was named in the Moana Pasifika squad to play the Maori All Blacks in late 2020, coming off the bench and scoring a try in a 28-21 loss.[citation needed]
Dwayne attended De La Salle College, Māngere East and won the 2008 National First XV Championship (New Zealand) making it De La Salles first national championship title.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Dwayne Polataivo". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Dwayne Polataivao". mako.nz. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Samoa's Pisi chases second Wallabies upset". ESPN. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Wallabies ease past Samoa in Rugby World Cup warm-up". The Guardian. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Pocock returns as Wallabies down Samoa in Sydney". Reuters. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "One Local Player in Samoa's Rugby World Cup Squad". Samoa Global News. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "2020 Tasman Mako Squad". mako.nz. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
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