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Toa Halafihi
Date of birth (1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 (age 30)
Place of birthGisborne, New Zealand
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)
SchoolGisborne Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose Forward
Current team Template:Rut Taranaki
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012 Poverty Bay 4 (0)
2014−2017 Taranaki 35 (55)
2017 Hurricanes 2 (0)
2017–2018 LOU 12 (5)
2018 Taranaki 6 (5)
2018− Benetton 9 (10)
Correct as of 10 June 2019

Toa Halafihi (born 27 November 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a loose forward for Benetton in the Guinness Pro 14 .[1][2][3]

Early career

Born and raised in the city of Gisborne in the northeastern part of New Zealand, Halafihi was schooled at Gisborne Boys' High School in his hometown and played first XV rugby for them.[1] After graduating high school, he played a season of Heartland Championship rugby with Poverty Bay in 2012 before later moving to Taranaki to play club rugby with Spotswood United.[4]

Senior career

Halafihi first played provincial rugby for Taranaki during their ITM Cup Premiership title winning season of 2014, starting once and coming on as a replacement twice. He was much more of a regular in 2015, scoring 3 times in 9 outings to help the Bulls reach the Premiership semi-finals where they surrendered their crown to eventual winners, Template:Rut Canterbury, going down 46-20.

2016 saw him play in all 11 of Taranki's games and score 5 tries, although owing to stiff competition from the likes of Lachlan Boshier, Mitchell Brown, Mitchell Crosswell and Iopu Iopu-Aso, he was restricted to just 6 starts. His most memorable moment of the year came when he scored the winning try in a 35-32 win over Template:Rut Auckland in the final league stage match which ensured Taranaki would claim a home semi-final. Unfortunately for the men from New Plymouth, they were defeated 41-29 by Template:Rut Tasman and were forced to wait another 12 months before once more trying to reclaim the Premiership title.[3][5]

Super Rugby

Good performances at domestic level for Taranaki over the course of the preceding 2 seasons brought him to the attention of Wellington-based Super Rugby franchise, the Template:Rut Hurricanes who named him in their squad ahead of their title defense in 2017.[2]

Career Honours

Taranaki

References

  1. ^ a b "Toa Halafihi Taranaki Player Profile". TRFU. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Hurricanes 2017 Squad Guide" (PDF). All Blacks.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Toa Halafihi itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Toa Halafihi New Zealand Rugby History Player Profile". New Zealand Rugby History. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Fijian No 8 Toa Halafihi describes Taranaki forwards as a family". Rugby Heaven. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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