Losi Filipo Explained

Losi Filipo
Full Name:Losilosivale Filipo
Birth Date:29 December 1997
School:St Patrick's College
Position:Outside back
Provinceyears1:2017–
Provinceapps1:22
Provincepoints1:50
Repyears1:2021–
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Losilosivale Filipo (born 29 December 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player of Samoan descent.

Filipo hails from Porirua and was a boarder at St Patrick's College, Silverstream. He represented New Zealand under-16s in rugby league and was a New Zealand Schools rugby union player.[1]

When he was 17, Filipo got charged with assaulting four people, two of them female, during a fight in central Wellington. He was discharged without conviction by a district court judge who took into account Filipo's future rugby prospects had he been convicted, a decision that prompted public outcry. Police appealed the ruling to the High Court and Filipo was subsequently sentenced to nine months supervision.[2] [3]

Filipo, an outside back, made his Wellington provincial debut in 2017. He is a former Samoa under-20s captain and in 2019 was named in a New Zealand Sevens development squad.[4] In 2021, Filipo debuted for Samoa in a win over Tonga at Waikato Stadium, which secured the country's qualification for the 2023 World Cup.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: In A League Of His Own . . 17 October 2012.
  2. News: Rugby player Losi Filipo quits squad . . 28 September 2016 . en-NZ.
  3. News: Filipo re-sentenced to supervision . . 2 November 2016 . en-nz.
  4. News: Losi Filipo selected for NZ Sevens development squad, three years after assault conviction . . 14 February 2019 . en.
  5. News: SRU Says Losi Filipo Has Learnt His Lesson . Samoa Global News . 30 October 2019.