Filipo Toala

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Filipo Toala
Date of birth (1973-08-02) 2 August 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Apia, Samoa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1999–2004 Stade Rochelais
Eastwood
95 (127)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1997–1999 Taranaki 24 (25)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1998–2000 Samoa 6 (5)

Filipo Toala (born 2 August 1973 in Apia) is a former Samoan rugby union player. He played as a wing.

Career

His first international cap was against Fiji, at Canberra, on 22 September 1998. He was part of the 1999 Rugby World Cup, playing one match. His last international cap was against Scotland, at Murrayfield, on 18 November 2000. He played in the NPC for Taranaki between 1997 and 1999. A year later, he moved to France, to play for Stade Rochelais, where he was nicknamed Le Tigre d'Apia (The Tiger of Apia). He ended his career in 2005, playing for Eastwood Rugby Club.


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