Sione Lauaki

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name = Sione Lauaki


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birthname = Sione Tuitupu Lauaki
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|6|22
placeofbirth = Ha'apai, Tonga
allblackno = 1055
allblackid = 1057
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height = height|m=1.94
weight = convert|115|kg|st|abbr=on
ru_position = flanker|capital=yes, Number 8|capital=yes
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PIru
ru_nationalyears = 2005–
2004
ru_nationalcaps = 11
3
ru_nationalpoints = (15)
(15)
ru_ntupdate = 5 April 2008
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super14caps = 46
super14points = (50)
super14years = 2004–
super14update = 5 April 2008
ru_province = flagicon|NZ Waikato
flagicon|NZ Auckland
ru_provinceyears = 2005–
2002–2004
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-
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(-)
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other = yes
occupation = Professional Rugby Player
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children =
relatives = Epalahame Lauaki
schools = Waitakere College & Kelston Boys' High School
university =

Sione Tuitupu Lauaki (born 22 June, 1981 in Tonga) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays loose forward for the New Zealand All Blacks, with whom he made his debut in 2005 against Fiji. He currently plays for the Chiefs in the Super 14 competition. He is 192 cm tall and weighs 118 kg. He is the first ever All Black from Auckland's Waitakere College where he made the First XV in 1998. He later moved to Kelston Boys High School, where he also played First XV. He played his club rugby for Waitemata Rugby Football Club and was instrumental in their Gallaher Shield win in 2003. He was the fourth All Black to come from the Waitemata club after Adrian Clarke, Ken Carrington and the great Michael Niko Jones.

While playing for the combined Pacific Islanders team in 2004 he scored Test match tries against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. He was one of the two Pacific Islanders rugby union team players picked for the All Blacks, the other being winger, Sitiveni Sivivatu.His brother, Epalahame Lauaki, is a 2nd rower for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition and also a New Zealand international.

References

External links

* [http://www.chiefs.co.nz/The-Team/Player-Profiles-/Sione-Lauaki/ Chiefs profile]
*All Blacks|1057
* [http://www.sionelauaki.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.waitematarugby.co.nz/ Waitemata Rugby Club]