Allan Alaalatoa

Allan Alaalatoa
Personal information
Full name Allan Emani Alaalatoa
Born (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994
Sydney, Australia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 125 kg (276 lb; 19 st 10 lb)
School(s) attended Newington College
Relatives Michael Alaalatoa (brother)
Vili Alaalatoa (father)
Club information
Playing position Prop
Current club Brumbies
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2013- Southern Districts 7 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2014– Brumbies 29 (5)
2014− Canberra Vikings 18 (15)
Representative team(s)
2012-2014 Australia Under 20 10 (5)
2016 Australia 9 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 22 July 2016.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 26 November 2016.

Allan Alaalatoa (born 28 January 1994) is an Australian rugby union player who plays as a prop for the Brumbies in Super Rugby.[1][2][3]

Allan's father Vili is a fan of cricket and named him after the Australia cricket captain Allan Border. Alaalatoa's nickname with the brumbies squad is also rumoured to be Captain Grumpy. [4]

Career

Alaalatoa hails from a rugby family with father Vili playing for Samoa in the 1991 Rugby World Cup and brother Michael also going on to play professionally with the New South Wales Waratahs.[1] He attended Newington College where he played for three years in the 1st XV and completed the HSC in 2011.[5] His big break came ahead of the 2014 Super Rugby season when he was named in the Brumbies extended playing squad.[2] He didn't get any game time during the regular season, but surprisingly was given a debut off the replacements bench in the Brumbies 32-30 victory over the Chiefs during the Super Rugby playoffs.[6]

International

Alaalatoa is in the rare position of having represented his country in 3 consecutive IRB Junior World Championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014.[7]

In 2016, Alaalatoa was named in the Wallabies preliminary 39-man squad for the 2016 series against England.[8] He has been selected for his first test against New Zealand, starting on the bench in the Bledisloe Cup on 20 August 2016.[9]

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 22 July 2016[10]
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2014 Brumbies 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 Brumbies 11 1 10 236 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2016 Brumbies 16 2 14 499 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 29 3 26 741 1 0 0 0 5 0 0

References

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