Samipeni Finau
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 Finau playing for the Chiefs in the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ↑ "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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samipeni Finau.
- Samipeni Finau at the All Blacks (archived)
- Samipeni Finau at ItsRugby.fr (in French)
- Samipeni Finau at All.Rugby
- Samipeni Finau at RugbyDatabase.co.nz
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Categories:
- 1999 births
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Living people
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union flankers
- Moana Pasifika players
- Waikato rugby union players
- Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- People educated at St Peter's School, Cambridge
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs