Allan Alaalatoa
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| Full name | Allan Emani Alaalatoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 January 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 125 kg (276 lb; 19 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Newington College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Michael Alaalatoa (brother) Vili Alaalatoa (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Allan Alaalatoa (born 28 January 1994) is an Australian rugby union player who plays as a prop for the Template:Rut Brumbies in Super Rugby.[1][2][3]
Allan's father Vili is a fan of cricket and named him after the Australia cricket captain Allan Border. Alaalatoa's nickname with the brumbies squad is also rumoured to be Captain Grumpy. [4]
Career
Alaalatoa hails from a rugby family with father Vili playing for Samoa in the 1991 Rugby World Cup and brother Michael also going on to play professionally with the New South Wales Waratahs.[1] He attended Newington College where he played for three years in the 1st XV and completed the HSC in 2011.[5] His big break came ahead of the 2014 Super Rugby season when he was named in the Brumbies extended playing squad.[2] He didn't get any game time during the regular season, but surprisingly was given a debut off the replacements bench in the Brumbies 32-30 victory over the Template:Rut Chiefs during the Super Rugby playoffs.[6]
International
Alaalatoa is in the rare position of having represented his country in 3 consecutive IRB Junior World Championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014.[7]
In 2016, Alaalatoa was named in the Wallabies preliminary 39-man squad for the 2016 series against England.[8] He has been selected for his first test against New Zealand, starting on the bench in the Bledisloe Cup on 20 August 2016.[9]
Super Rugby Statistics
- As of 22 July 2016[10]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Template:Rut Brumbies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Template:Rut Brumbies | 11 | 1 | 10 | 236 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Template:Rut Brumbies | 16 | 2 | 14 | 499 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 29 | 3 | 26 | 741 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
References
- ^ a b "Allan Alaalatoa Brumbies Player Profile". Brumbies. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ a b "UC Brumbies EPS announced". Brumbies. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Allan Alaalatoa Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/team-alaalatoa-logo-as-allan-and-michael-battle-in-brumbiescrusaders-clash-20160420-gobasn.html
- ^ Black & White Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "Brumbies vs Chiefs 19 July 2014 Match Breakdown". SA Rugby. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Allan Alaalatoa IRB JWC Player Profile". IRB. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ Wallabies squad full of surprises
- ^ http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/rugby-union/australia-rugby/michael-cheika-names-experienced-wallabies-squad-for-bledisloe-cup-opener-20160818-gqvemd.html
- ^ "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.