Filipo Toala Explained

Birth Date:1973 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Apia, Samoa
Ru Position:Wing
Ru Province:Taranaki
Ru Provinceyears:1997–1999
Ru Provincecaps:24
Ru Provincepoints:(25)
Ru Clubyears:1999–2004
Ru Proclubs:Stade Rochelais
Eastwood
Ru Clubcaps:95
Ru Clubpoints:(127)
Ru Nationalyears:1998–2000
Ru Nationalcaps:6
Ru Nationalpoints:(5)

Filipo Toala (born 2 August 1973 in Apia) is a former Samoan rugby union player. He played as a wing.

Career

His first international cap was against Fiji, at Canberra, on 22 September 1998. He was part of the 1999 Rugby World Cup, playing one match. His last international cap was against Scotland, at Murrayfield, on 18 November 2000. He played in the NPC for Taranaki between 1997 and 1999. A year later, he moved to France, to play for Stade Rochelais, where he was nicknamed Le Tigre d'Apia (The Tiger of Apia). He ended his career in 2005, playing for Eastwood Rugby Club.

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