Sione Tahaafe
Date of birth (1958-07-08) July 8, 1958
Place of birthTonga
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight242 lb (110 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
197?-1986
1986-1991
1995-2000		 Eastwood Rugby Club
Stade Montchaninois
Stade Dijonnais Côte D'Or		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1987  Tonga 1 (0)

Sione Tahaafe (born 8 July 1958[1]), is a Tongan former rugby union player who played as number 8.

Career

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

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

  1. ↑ "RUGBY". www3.bienpublic.com. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  2. ↑ "Un colosse au grand cœur" (in French). Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  3. ↑ "Ken Catchpole Medal". NSW Rugby. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "RUGBY". www3.bienpublic.com. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  5. ↑ "Un colosse au grand cœur" (in French). Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  6. ↑ "Sione Tahaafe". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
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