Maselino Paulino | |
Birth Date: | 1988 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Samoa |
Height: | 2.05m (06.73feet)[1] |
Weight: | 118kg (260lb) [2] |
Ru Position: | Lock, Flanker |
Ru Nationalteam: | Samoa |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2008– |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 7 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 6 April 2016 |
Ru Clubyears: | 2011-12 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018- |
Ru Proclubs: | Hawke's Bay Scarlets Lyon RC Narbonne Stade Montois |
Ru Clubcaps: | 7 16 11 15 32 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (5) (0) (0) (10) (15) |
Ru Clubupdate: | 29 December 2019 @ 09:31:42 AM(AEST) |
Maselino Paulino (born 21 June 1988) is a Samoan rugby union player who plays as a second-row or flanker.
He made his debut for the Samoa national rugby union team in September 2008, playing against New Zealand in New Plymouth. He has made 7 appearances for his country to date, spread over 8 calendar years. His last appearance came in the June 2015 international victory against Canada, but Paulino was not selected to be a part of Samoa's final squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He stands at 205 cm in height, slightly under 6 ft 9 in.
Paulino joined the Scarlets in October 2015, originally signing on trial before signing a season-long contract.[3] To date, Paulino has received 3 yellow cards in 15 appearances, and he was also suspended for 3 weeks for striking Courtney Lawes in the Rugby Challenge Cup match against Northampton Saints in January 2016.[4] In March 2016, Lyon announced that they had signed Paulino for the 2016–17 season.[5] On 14 February 2017, Paulino would leave Lyon to join Pro D2 club RC Narbonne from the 2017–18 season.[6]