Sione Tahaafe Explained

Sione Tahaafe
Birth Date:1958 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Tonga
Height:6 ft 4 in
Weight:242 lbs
Ru Position:Number 8
Ru Nationalyears:1987
Ru Clubyears:197?-1986
1986-1991
1995-2000
Ru Proclubs:Eastwood Rugby Club
Stade Montchaninois
Stade Dijonnais Côte D'Or
Ru Nationalcaps:1
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)

Sione Tahaafe (born 8 July 1958[1]), is a Tongan former rugby union player who played as number 8.

Career

Tahaafe started his career in 1974, after he left Tonga to go in New Zealand,[2] and then in Australia where he played in the Shute Shield with Eastwood Rugby Club, with he won the Ken Catchpole Award in 1986.[3] Later, he moved in France to play for Stade Montchaninois until 1995, to play later for Stade Dijonnais Côte D'Or until 2000.[4] In 2001, Tahaafe retired to coach an under-19 team in Sens.[5]

International career

Tahaafe debuted for Tonga in the 1987 Rugby World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, where he only played against Canada national rugby union team, on 24 May 1987, in Napier, with this match being his only international cap.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RUGBY. www3.bienpublic.com. 2018-06-07.
  2. News: Un colosse au grand cœur. 2018-06-07. fr.
  3. Web site: Ken Catchpole Medal . NSW Rugby . 14 December 2021.
  4. Web site: RUGBY. www3.bienpublic.com. 2018-06-07.
  5. News: Un colosse au grand cœur. 2018-06-07. fr.
  6. Web site: Sione Tahaafe. ESPN scrum. 2018-06-07.