Filipo Daugunu

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Filipo Daugunu
Filipio Daugunu for Queensland Country in 2017 NRC close up.jpg
Daugunu during a match representing Queensland Country, September 2017
Date of birth (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Labasa, Fiji
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
School Labasa Sangam College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing/Centre
Current team Rebels
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017–2019 Queensland Country 21 (106)
2018–2023, 2025- Reds 69 (120)
2024 Rebels 12 (25)
Correct as of 8 June 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015 Fiji U20 4 (14)
2020– Australia 7 (10)
Correct as of 11 April 2023

Filipo Daugunu (born 4 March 1995) is a rugby union player who plays for the Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby competition. His position of choice is wing. [1] Fijian-born, Daugunu moved to Australia in 2016 at the age of 20 to pursue a professional sporting career. He was selected to play international rugby for Australia in October 2020. [2]

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Early career

Daugunu started his sporting career playing football for his local district football team, Labasa Football. He played both as a goalkeeper and a striker, and became a regular in the Labasa team in 2013.

In 2015, Daugunu gave up an association football career to play rugby union, [3] representing Fiji Under-20 at the World Rugby Junior Trophy in Portugal. [4] He was involved with the Fiji 7s program in 2016, [3] but opted out of joining the team to play on the world circuit. [5] He moved to Brisbane, Australia and began playing club rugby there. [5]

Daugunu gained significant attention in Queensland Premier Rugby after scoring sixty-six points from eleven appearances for Wests Bulldogs in 2017. After helping Wests to their first finals appearance in ten years, losing 24–22 to Sunnybank in the semi-finals, he was recruited to play in the National Rugby Championship (NRC) for Queensland Country.

Daugunu scored seventy-one points in just eight appearances for Queensland Country on the way to club's first national title. He scored a hat-trick in the final against the Canberra Vikings which was instrumental to Country's 42–28 win. [6] [7]

Super Rugby

Because of his performances in the NRC, the Queensland Reds signed him in late 2017 to join their squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season. [8] [9]

International tries

As of 20 November 2021 [10]

TryOpposing teamLocationVenueCompetitionDateResultScore
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Sky Stadium 2020 end-of-year rugby union internationals 11 October 2020Draw16 – 16
2Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Cardiff, Wales Principality Stadium 2021 Autumn Nations Series 20 November 2021Loss29 – 28

Super Rugby statistics

As of 24 June 2023 [11]
SeasonTeamAppsStartSubMinsTCPGDGPtsYCRC
2018 Reds 1411391362103700
2019 Reds 7613960000000
2020 Reds 303600000000
2020 AU Reds 1010079460003010
2021 AU Reds 85345240002000
2021 Reds 54133220101310
2022 Reds 108267420001010
2023 Reds 1210278720001000
Total6954154,4082022012030

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References

  1. ↑ "Filipo Daugunu". www.redsrugby.com.au. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Woods, Melissa (12 October 2020). "Daugunu makes memorable Wallabies debut". 7 News. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Reds sign ex-Fijian soccer player Filipo Daugunu". The Sydney Morning Herald . 19 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Filipo Daugunu – international career". It's Rugby. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  5. 1 2 Mele, Kalesi (16 February 2016). "On the radar". The Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "New Fiji sensation Filipo Daugunu leads Queensland Country to NRC success". Sport 360. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Match Report". Rugby.com.au. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Filipo Daugunu converts NRC form into Super Rugby contract with Queensland Reds". The Courier Mail. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Filipo Daugunu signs for Queensland Reds". Fiji TV. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Filipo Suraki Daugunu". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.
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