Junior Laloifi
| Date of birth | 25 September 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Junior Laloifi (born 25 September 1994) is a professional rugby union footballer of Samoan heritage. His usual position is wing or fullback. He has signed on to play for the Queensland Reds in 2016.[1]
Laloifi represented Victoria at the Australian Schools Rugby Championships, and was selected for the Australia 'A' Schools team in 2012.[2] He also represented Australia in rugby sevens later that year. Laloifi joined the Sunnybank rugby club in 2013 and played in the Queensland Premier Rugby grand final in 2014.[3]
He was selected for the Template:Rut Brisbane City team in the inaugural National Rugby Championship (NRC) in 2014, and went on to score the winning try in the team's grand final win over Perth at Ballymore that year.[4] In his second season with Brisbane, Laloifi was the NRC competition's leading try scorer, claiming 14 tries in the regular season.[5] In November 2015, Laloifi was selected as the 'Ballymore Kid' from a pool of forty eligible players in Queensland's NRC teams and he signed a contract with the Queensland Reds for the 2016 Super Rugby season.[1][6]
References
- ^ a b "Reds sign Laloifi". The Fiji Times. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Nurseries of Australian Schoolboys' Rugby" (PDF). Australian Schools Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF 2.7 MB) on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Tucker, Jim (17 August 2014). "Tom Pincus lands long-range penalty goal on fulltime to give University victory in grand final". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Brisbane City down Perth Spirit win inaugural National Rugby Championship". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Stats". Australian Rugby. 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Pentony, Luke (23 October 2014). "Junior Laloifi set to push for a Reds' Super Rugby debut after National Rugby Championship form". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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External links
- Player stats on It's Rugby