Elvis Taione | |
Birth Name: | Elvis Taione |
Birth Date: | 1983 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Nukualofa, Tonga |
Weight: | 112kg (247lb) |
Ru Position: | Hooker |
Years1: | 2013–2014 |
Years2: | 2014−2021 |
Years3: | 2021– |
Clubs2: | Exeter Chiefs |
Clubs3: | Ospreys |
Apps1: | 23 |
Apps2: | 80 |
Points1: | 5 |
Points2: | 35 |
Ru Clubupdate: | 26 January 2020 |
Super1: | Waratahs |
Super2: | Western Force |
Superyears1: | 2011 |
Superyears2: | 2012 |
Superapps1: | 1 |
Superapps2: | 6 |
Superpoints1: | 0 |
Superpoints2: | 0 |
Super14update: | 24 August 2015 |
Repyears1: | 2012– |
Repteam1: | Tonga |
Repcaps1: | 26 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Ru Ntupdate: | 19 November 2016 |
Elvis Taione (born 25 May 1983 in Nukualofa, Tonga) is a rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is hooker. He previously played Super Rugby for the Western Force, Waratahs, Jersey in the RFU Championship and is currently signed to Exeter Chiefs, winning the Aviva Premiership in 2016/17.[1]
Exeter Chiefs signed Taione in March 2014 on a two-year contract.[2] He was named in Tonga's 2015 Rugby World Cup squad.[3]
On 15 June 2021, after seven season with Exeter, Taione would leave to join Welsh region Ospreys in the United Rugby Championship for the 2021–22 season.[4]