Dwayne Polataivao
| Date of birth | July 30, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb; 183 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dwayne Polataivao (born 30 July 1990)[1] is a Samoan rugby union Scrum-Half who has plays for the Utah Warriors in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also represents Samoa internationally.[2][3][4]
Career
He started his professional career playing for the Auckland Rugby Union in 2015,[1] and was first selected for the Samoan national rugby union team in 2016.
He joined the Doncaster Knights in 2019,[1][5] and was selected for the Samoa national squad ahead of the 2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup.[1]
He is one of the best defensive scrum halves in our game. Highlights of huge tackles on Adam Coleman to name a few. Also we understand he has played international rugby while working a full-time job. Not heard of in the professional era.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Dwayne Polataivo". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "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.
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