Samipeni Finau
| Date of birth | 10 May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Peter’s School, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samipeni Finau (born 10 May 1999 in Tonga)[1] is a Tongan born New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a Lock or Flanker for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and Waikato in the Bunnings NPC.
International career
Finau made his senior test debut in a Bledisloe Cup test match on 5 August 2023 versus Australia, where he scored a try and helped the All Blacks win 23-20.[2]
Reference list
- ^ "Samipeni Finau". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Skippers, David (5 August 2023). "All Blacks' fightback floors the Wallabies in Bledisloe Cup thriller in Dunedin". PlanetRugby. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
External links
- Samipeni Finau at the All Blacks (archived)
- Samipeni Finau at ItsRugby.co.uk
