Junior Laloifi (born 25 September 1994) is an Australian rugby union player who plays on the wing or fullback. Laloifi last played for Zebre in the Pro14 till July 2022.
| Date of birth | 25 September 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Laloifi represented Victoria at the Australian Schools Rugby Championships, and was selected for the Australia 'A' Schools team in 2012.[1] He also represented Australia in rugby sevens later that year. Laloifi joined the Sunnybank rugby club in 2013 and played in the Queensland Premier Rugby grand final in 2014.[2]
He was selected for the Brisbane City team in the inaugural National Rugby Championship (NRC) in 2014, and went on to score the winning try in the team's grand final win over Perth at Ballymore that year.[3] In his second season with Brisbane, Laloifi was the NRC competition's leading try scorer, claiming 14 tries in the regular season.[4] In November 2015, Laloifi was selected as the 'Ballymore Kid' from a pool of forty eligible players in Queensland's NRC teams and signed a contract with the Queensland Reds for the 2016 Super Rugby season.[5][6] In 2018 and 2019 he played in the Mitre 10 Cup for Manawatu. He played for Italian team Zebre from 2019 to 2022.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "The Nurseries of Australian Schoolboys' Rugby" (PDF 2.7 MB). Australian Schools Rugby. 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Tucker, Jim (17 August 2014). "Tom Pincus lands long-range penalty goal on fulltime to give University victory in grand final". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Brisbane City down Perth Spirit win inaugural National Rugby Championship". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Stats". Australian Rugby. 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Reds sign Laloifi". The Fiji Times. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Pentony, Luke (23 October 2014). "Junior Laloifi set to push for a Reds' Super Rugby debut after National Rugby Championship form". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Junior Laloifi E' Il Nuovo Estremo delle Zebre". 14 May 2019.
- ^ "LE ZEBRE SALUTANO CINQUE GIOCATORI CHE LASCIANO IL CLUB". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
External links
edit- Player stats on It's Rugby