Sione Tahaafe
| Date of birth | 8 July 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 242 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sione Tahaafe (born 8 July 1958[1]), is a Tongan former rugby union player who played as number 8.
Career
[edit]Tahaafe started his career in 1974, after he left Tonga to go in New Zealand,[2] and then in Australia where he played in the Shute Shield with Eastwood Rugby Club, with he won the Ken Catchpole Award in 1986.[3] Later, he moved in France to play for Stade Montchaninois until 1995, to play later for Stade Dijonnais Côte D'Or until 2000.[4] In 2001, Tahaafe retired to coach an under-19 team in Sens.[5]
International career
[edit]Tahaafe debuted for Tonga in the 1987 Rugby World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, where he only played against Canada national rugby union team, on 24 May 1987, in Napier, with this match being his only international cap.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "RUGBY". www3.bienpublic.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Un colosse au grand cœur" (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Ken Catchpole Medal". NSW Rugby. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "RUGBY". www3.bienpublic.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Un colosse au grand cœur" (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Sione Tahaafe". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
External links
[edit]- Sione Tahaafe at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Tonga international rugby union players
- Tongan rugby union players
- Rugby union number eights
- Tongan expatriate rugby union players in France
- Tongan expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- Tongan expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
- 1987 Rugby World Cup players
- Eastwood Rugby Club players