Filo Paulo

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Filo Paulo
Birth nameTeofilo Aloisio Mikaele Paulo
Date of birth (1987-11-06) 6 November 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight122 kg (19 st 3 lb; 269 lb)
School St Patrick’s College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–2009
2009–2012
2013–2015
2015–2017
2017–2019
2019–2020
2020		 Ulster
North Harbour
Cardiff Blues
Benetton Treviso
London Irish
Cardiff Blues
Manawatu Turbos 		2
35
55
37
30
6
9		 (0)
(10)
(10)
(20)
(10)
(0)
Correct as of 8 December 2019
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010–2012 Blues 26 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012– Samoa 34 (10)
Correct as of 14 September 2019

Teofilo Aloisio Mikaele Paulo (born 6 November 1987) [1] is a New Zealand-born Samoan rugby union player. He specialises as a lock forward. He plays for Manawatu Turbos in the NPC.

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Career

Paulo had a brief stint with Ulster in 2009, for whom he made two Celtic League appearances. [2] In 2010 he was named as a member of the Blues wider training squad, however an injury to Ali Williams meant he was called into the full squad. He was a full squad member since 2011. Paulo made his provincial debut for North Harbour in 2011.

In January 2013 he joined the Welsh team Cardiff Blues, [2] making 75 appearances over two seasons. [3] From 2015 to 2017 he played for Benetton Treviso. On 5 June 2017 it was announced he had signed for English Premiership side London Irish from the following season. [4] [5] He made 30 appearances for the team before leaving in 2019. [6] He rejoined the Cardiff Blues in 2019 for a one-year contract, [3] leaving at the end of the season. [7] He then returned to New Zealand where he played for the Manawatu Turbos. [8] He was not retained for the 2021 season, moving to Wellington team Avalon. [9] [10]

On 23 August 2019, he was named in Samoa's 34-man training squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, [11] before being named in the final 31 on 31 August. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Filo Paulo Samoa". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Cardiff Blues confirm signing of Samoan lock Filo Paulo". BBC Sport. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Filo Paulo: Cardiff Blues sign Samoa international Filo Paulo". BBC Sport. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "NEW SIGNING. Samoan international pins his colous to Irish". London Irish. London Irish Scottish Richmond Ltd. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "London Irish sign Manasa Saulo, Teofilo Paulo and Jake Schatz". BBC Sport. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "London Irish announce departing players". London Irish. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Cardiff Blues: Seven players agree new deals". BBC Sport. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Tudreu returns to Turbos". Manawatu Turbos. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Manawatū Turbos squad close to being finalised for their 16th season". Stuff. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Wellington club rugby Gains & Losses 2021". Club Rugby. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  11. ↑ Airey, Thomas (23 August 2019). "Alalatoa headlines Manu Samoa pre-World Cup squad". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Two uncapped players in Samoa squad for Japan". rugbyworldcup.com. Rugby World Cup. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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