Angus Taʻavao

Angus Ta'avao

Birth name	Angus Ta'avao-Matau
Date of birth	(1990-03-22) 22 March 1990
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	124 kg (273 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Marist Brothers Old Boys Rugby Club of Auckland. () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2010–2014 2014–2015 Auckland Template:Rut Taranaki 38 22 (10) (5) Correct as of 18 October 2015 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2015 2016−present Template:Rut Blues Template:Rut Waratahs 37 15 (10) (15) Correct as of 21 July 2016 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010 New Zealand under-20 4 (0) Correct as of 15 July 2013

Angus Ta'avao is a New Zealand rugby union player. He specialises as a prop forward. He plays for the Waratahs in Super Rugby. He has the ability to represent three national teams, New Zealand through birth, Australia through his mother, and Samoa through his father.

Career

Early career

Ta'avao was selected for the New Zealand U20 side for the 2010 tournament in Argentina, where he captained the side in his first match. He made his Auckland debut in the same year.

Super Rugby

Ta'avao was a member of the Blues wider training group in 2011. He was a member of the full Blues squad from the 2012 until the 2015.

He has signed a two year contract for the Waratahs and Sydney Rays for 2016 through until 2017.

External links

• Waratahs player profile
• Auckland player profile