Dwayne Polataivao
Date of birth (1990-07-30) 30 July 1990
Place of birthSamoa
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb)[1]
SchoolDe La Salle College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019
2020		 Doncaster Knights
Utah Warriors		 5
5		 (0)
(10)
Correct as of 5 September 2020
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015
2020		 Auckland
Tasman		 1
7		 (0)
(0)
Correct as of 14 November 2020
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020, 2022 Moana Pasifika 3 (0)
Correct as of 3 April 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–2021 Samoa 21 (20)
Correct as of 3 April 2022

Dwayne E. Polataivao (born 30 July 1990)[1] is a Samoan rugby union player. A scrum-half, he played for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby in 2022.[2] He has also represented Samoa internationally.[3][4][5]

Career

Dwayne was educated at De La Salle College, Māngere East.[6]

He started his professional career playing for the Auckland in 2015,[1] and was first selected for the Samoa national team in 2016.[7]

He joined the Doncaster Knights in 2019.[1][8]

He was selected for the Samoa national squad ahead of the 2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup.[1]

In September 2020 he was named in the Tasman Mako squad for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup.[9] He played 7 games for the Mako in the 2020 season as they won their second premiership title in a row.[10]

Polataivao was named in the Moana Pasifika squad to play the Maori All Blacks in late 2020, coming off the bench and scoring a try in a 28-21 loss.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dwayne Polataivo". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Dwayne Polataivao". mako.nz. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Samoa's Pisi chases second Wallabies upset". ESPN. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Wallabies ease past Samoa in Rugby World Cup warm-up". The Guardian. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Pocock returns as Wallabies down Samoa in Sydney". Reuters. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Utah Warriors Best Players of All Time". Metro League. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Mathias Huckert (10 June 2016). "Polataivao gets the call". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "One Local Player in Samoa's Rugby World Cup Squad". Samoa Global News. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "2020 Tasman Mako Squad". mako.nz. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Tasman Mako win tense Mitre 10 Cup final against Auckland". Stuff. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Māori All Blacks prove too strong for Moana Pasifika in Hamilton". Stuff. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2023.


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