Jonathan Taumateine | |
Fullname: | Jonathan Archie Taumateine |
Birth Date: | 28 September 1996 |
Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Height: | 1.780NaN0 |
Weight: | 900NaN0 |
School: | Wesley College |
Position: | Scrum-half |
Currentclub: | Moana Pasifika |
Years1: | 2016–2022 |
Clubs1: | Counties Manukau |
Apps1: | 39 |
Points1: | 10 |
Years2: | 2017–2019 |
Clubs2: | Chiefs |
Apps2: | 10 |
Points2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs3: | Hurricanes |
Apps3: | 9 |
Points3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2022– |
Clubs4: | Moana Pasifika |
Apps4: | 13 |
Points4: | 0 |
Repyears1: | 2015 |
Repteam1: | Samoa U20 |
Repcaps1: | 5 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Repyears2: | 2016 |
Repteam2: | New Zealand U20 |
Repcaps2: | 6 |
Reppoints2: | 5 |
Repyears3: | 2021– |
Repteam3: | Samoa |
Repcaps3: | 11 |
Reppoints3: | 15 |
Clubupdate: | 28 August 2023 |
Repupdate: | 28 August 2023 |
Jonathan Archie Taumateine (born 28 September 1996) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Super Rugby club Moana Pasifika. Born in New Zealand, he represents Samoa at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.[1]
Taumateine signed with the Moana Pasifika for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season.[2] His position of choice is scrum-half.[3] [4]
In July 2021, he was named in the Samoa squad for the July internationals.[5] Taumateine made his international debut for Samoa on 10 July in a 42–13 win over Tonga.