Vili Alaalatoa
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Date of birth | August 9, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Michael Alaalatoa (son) Allan Alaalatoa (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vili Alaalatoa (born August 9, 1962) is a Samoan rugby union player. He plays as a prop. He played for West Harbour RFC,[1] and then, for Manly RUFC[2][3]
Career
Alaalatoa debuted for Western Samoa in the test match against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in 1988. He was a member of the Western Samoan team during the 1991 Rugby World Cup. His last international for Western Samoa was a test against Fiji in 1992, at Suva.
Personal life
A fan of cricket, Vili is father of Michael Alaalatoa, who plays for the Crusaders and Allan Alaalatoa, who plays for the Brumbies and Australia, who was named after Australia cricket captain Allan Border.[4][5]
Alaalatoa was Senior Prefect at Ashfield Boys’ High School (Australia) in 1982. His nickname was ‘shoebox’ because of the size of his feet.
References
External links
Template:Samoa Squad 1988 Tour