Mils Muliaina

Mils Muliaina

Full name	Junior Malili Muliaina
Date of birth	31 July 1980 (1980-07-31) (age 31)
Place of birth	Salesi, Western Samoa
Height	1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Weight	92 kg (200 lb)
School	Kelston Boys' High, Southland Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fullback, Centre, Wing
New Zealand No.	1033
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006– 1999–2005	Waikato Auckland	5 42	(5) (65)
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006– 2001–2005	Chiefs Blues	41 49	(45) (82)
correct as of 4 April 2010.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2003– 2011	New Zealand	100	(165)33t
correct as of 6 August, 2011.
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
1999–2002	New Zealand		11

Medal record
Competitor for  New Zealand
Men's Rugby
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2002 Manchester	Rugby 7's

Junior Malili Muliaina (born 31 July 1980), better known as Mils Muliaina, is a rugby union player. He plays for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and New Zealand at international level. He was born in Salesi, Western Samoa, then moved with his family to Invercargill, New Zealand, at the age of two. With 33 tries in 100 tests for the All Blacks, Muliaina appears on the list of the highest try scorers in rugby union test history. In the 2011 World Cup Quarter-Final match against Argentina, Muliaina became the second All Black to reach 100 caps.

Early career

Starring in Southland age group representative teams he first attended Cargill High School then Southland Boys' High School, where he proved proficient enough at rugby to be offered a scholarship to Kelston Boys' High School in Auckland, in 1998. Subsequently, Muliaina played for the NZ Secondary Schools XV, the team winning that year's world championship. He repeated this the following year with the world champion Under 19 side, and in 2000 and 2001 was part of the world champion Under 21 (NZ Colt) teams of those years.

Professional career and the All Blacks

Muliaina joined the Auckland Blues in 2001 and was a part of the Super 12 title winning team for the Blues in 2003. Muliaina's test debut for the All Blacks was against England on June 14, 2003 at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington. He was subsequently part of the All Black squad at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. In 2004, he was the only player to be selected for every test played by the All Blacks. Muliaina has also played in 11 tournaments for the sevens team, including winning a Commonwealth Games gold medal in 2002 in Manchester. Though he has expressed a preference for playing as an outside centre, Muliaina generally plays at fullback, a position in which he is now considered to be one of the best in the world. In 2006 he joined the Chiefs, with whom he brought up his 100th Super Rugby cap in 2011. On the 9th of October 2011 during the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Muliaina played his 100th game for the New Zealand All Blacks after starting at fullback against Argentina. During the game Muliaina was forced from the field at half time due to him injuring his shoulder. This was later revealed to have been fractured, meaning he was dropped from the New Zealand World Cup squad. Muliaina retired from the All Blacks squad the following day on the 10th of October 2011 after achieving his 100th Test cap.

External links

• Chiefs profile
• Mils Muliaina at AllBlacks.com

Persondata
Name	Muliaina, Mils
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Date of birth	31 July 1980
Place of birth	Salesi, Western Samoa
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