Misioka Timoteo

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Misioka Timoteo
Full nameMisioka Maluapapa Timoteo
Date of birth (1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 35)
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight220 lb (100 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward / Prop
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–14 Samoa 6 (0)

Misioka Maluapapa Timoteo (born 26 November 1988) is a Samoan former international rugby union player. [1]

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A forward, Timoteo could play a variety of positions in the scrum and was capped six times for Samoa, including matches against France and Italy on their 2009 end-of-year tour to Europe. [2]

Timoteo won a Polish championship with Lechia Gdańsk in 2012–13 and was named "Best on Ground" in South Darwin's 2016 premiership win. [3] [4] He also played Queensland first-grade rugby for Wests and with Brisbane City in the National Rugby Championship. [5]

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References

  1. "Timoteo expected to be next Samoan star". Fiji Village . 9 October 2013.
  2. "France demolish Samoa". Planet Rugby. 21 November 2009.
  3. "Czterech rugbistów z Samoa wzmocni Lechię". trojmiasto.pl (in Polish). 12 March 2014.
  4. "South Darwin win Darwin Rugby premiership with win over Palmerston". NT News . 14 August 2016.
  5. "Easts forwards put a muzzle on the Bulldogs". The Courier-Mail . 21 May 2018.