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![]() Daugunu during a match representing Queensland Country, September 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Filipo Suraki Daugunu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 March 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Labasa, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Labasa Sangam College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Filipo Suraki Daugunu (born 4 March 1995) is a rugby union player who plays for the Reds in the Super Rugby Pacific 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]
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 of tries in the final against the Canberra Vikings which was instrumental to Country's 42–28 win. [6] [7]
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]
In 2024, Filipo joined Melbourne Rebels. He returned to the Reds for the 2025 season on a one-year contract. [10]
As of 20 November 2021 [11]
Try | Opposing team | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result | Score |
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1 | ![]() | Wellington, New Zealand | Sky Stadium | 2020 end-of-year rugby union internationals | 11 October 2020 | Draw | 16–16 |
2 | ![]() | Cardiff, Wales | Principality Stadium | 2021 Autumn Nations Series | 20 November 2021 | Loss | 29–28 |
Season | Team | Apps | Start | Sub | Mins | T | C | PG | DG | Pts | YC | RC |
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2018 | Reds | 14 | 11 | 3 | 913 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | Reds | 7 | 6 | 1 | 396 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Reds | 3 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 AU | Reds | 10 | 10 | 0 | 794 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
2021 AU | Reds | 8 | 5 | 3 | 452 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | Reds | 5 | 4 | 1 | 332 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | Reds | 10 | 8 | 2 | 674 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
2023 | Reds | 12 | 10 | 2 | 787 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 69 | 54 | 15 | 4,408 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 3 | 0 |