Date of birth | 30 March 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Grenoble, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb; 185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donovan Taofifénua (born 30 March 1999) is a French rugby union player. He plays as a wing for Racing 92 in the Top 14. He is a cousin of France internationals Romain Taofifénua and Sébastien Taofifénua and is of Wallisian heritage. [1] [2]
Emerging from ASM Clermont Auvergne's rank, Taofifénua was a member of the France U20 team that won the 2019 World Rugby Championship, and made his club debut during the 2019–20 season. [3] [4]
He joined Racing 92 the next season, in search for more game time. There he scored six tries in the first part of the season, earning a first call-up for the French national team for the Autumn Nations Cup final against England. [3]
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