Dwayne Polataivao
Dwayne Polataivao (born 30 July 1990)[1] is a Samoan rugby union Scrum-Half who plays for the Tasman Mako in the Mitre 10 Cup.[2] He also represents Samoa internationally.[3][4][5]
| Date of birth | July 30, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb; 183 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | De La Salle College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
He started his professional career playing for the Auckland Rugby Union in 2015,[1] and was first selected for the Samoan national rugby union team in 2016.
He joined the Doncaster Knights in 2019.[1][6]
He was selected for the Samoa national squad ahead of the 2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup.[1]
In September 2020 he was named in the Tasman Mako squad for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup.[7] He played 7 games for the Mako in the 2020 season as they won their second premiership title in a row.
Polataivao was named in the Moana Pasifika squad to play the Maori All Blacks in late 2020, coming off the bench and scoring a try in a 28-21 loss.
References
- "Dwayne Polataivo". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "Dwayne Polataivao". mako.nz. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- "Samoa's Pisi chases second Wallabies upset". ESPN. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "Wallabies ease past Samoa in Rugby World Cup warm-up". The Guardian. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "Pocock returns as Wallabies down Samoa in Sydney". Reuters. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "One Local Player in Samoa's Rugby World Cup Squad". Samoa Global News. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "2020 Tasman Mako Squad". mako.nz. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.