Timothy Lafaele
Rugby player
Date of birth | (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Pago Pago, American Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb; 216 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | De La Salle College, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Yamanashi Gakuin University, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Timothy Lafaele (Japanese: ティモシー・ラファエレ, born 19 August 1991) is an American Samoan-born, Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a fly-half or centre.[1] He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and the Kobelco Steelers in Japan's domestic Top League.[2][3] He received Japanese citizenship in 2017.[4]
Club career
Lafaele has played all of his senior rugby in Japan with the Coca-Cola Red Sparks, who he joined in 2014.[5]
International
Lafaele received his first call-up for his adopted country Japan's senior squad ahead of the 2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals. He debuted as a second-half replacement in new head coach, Jamie Joseph's first game, a 54-20 loss at home to Argentina.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Timothy Lafaele ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Timothy Lafaele Top League Player Profile" (in Japanese). Top League. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Timothy Lafaele Coca-Cola Red Sparks Player Profile" (in Japanese). CC West. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Another high school rugby star headed for Japan". Otago Daily Times. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Timothy Lafaele itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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Kobelco Kobe Steelers – current squad
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- Koo Ji-won
- Takuya Kitade
- Naohiro Kotaki
- Go Maeda
- Sho Maeda
- Kenta Matsuoka
- Isileli Nakajima
- Willie Potgieter
- Waisake Raratubua
- Brodie Retallick
- Rinpei Sasaki
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- Ardie Savea
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- Shigure Takao
- Hiroaki Ushihara
- Takayuki Watanabe
- Ikuma Yamada
- Koki Yamamoto
- Hiroshi Yamashita
- Bryn Gatland
- Junta Hamano
- Shintaro Hayashi
- Atsushi Hiwasa
- Gentaro Ikenaga
- Tali Ioasa
- Shinsuke Iseki
- Taihei Kusaka
- Timothy Lafaele
- Ngani Laumape
- Michael Little
- Quinton Mahina
- Kanta Matsunaga
- Ataata Moeakiola
- Kosuke Naka
- Daiki Nakajima
- Kentaro Obata
- Lee Seung-sin
- Maki Shimizu
- Soma Sugimoto
- Sione Tapu'osi
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- Ryohei Yamanaka
- Rakuhei Yamashita