Rohan Saifoloi

Last updated

Rohan Saifoloi
Date of birth (1991-11-20) 20 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birthSamoa
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (13.4 st; 187 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014 Tasman 2 (11)
2015 Greater Sydney Rams 8 (6)
2017 Sydney 7 (39)
2018 NSW Country Eagles 5 (13)
2019 Queensland Country 6 (62)
2022– Old Glory DC 7 (30)
Correct as of 28 April 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011 Australia U20 5 (0)
Correct as of 19 March 2022

Rohan Saifoloi (born 20 November 1991) is an Australian rugby union player, currently playing for the Old Glory DC of Major League Rugby (MLR). His preferred position is fly-half. [1]

Contents

Professional career

Saifoloi signed for Major League Rugby side Old Glory DC for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. [2] He has also previously played for Tasman, Greater Sydney Rams, Sydney, NSW Country Eagles and most recently from Queensland Country in the 2019 National Rugby Championship. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Queensland Cup</span> Australian rugby league competition

The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and is contested by fifteen teams, thirteen of which are based in Queensland, with one based in New South Wales and one in Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central Coast Stadium</span> Sports venue in New South Wales, Australia

Central Coast Stadium is a sports venue in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. From the establishment of the first venue at the site in 1915 it was known as Waterside Park, being renamed Grahame Park after significant expansion in 1939. Since then it has had several names incorporating that name, but as of 2024 it is called Industree Group Stadium under naming rights. The stadium is home to the Central Coast Mariners Association football club which competes in the A-League. The stadium also hosts rugby league and rugby union fixtures on an ad hoc basis as well as other major social events.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brad Thorn</span> Australia rugby league & NZ rugby union international footballer

Bradley Carnegie Thorn is a New Zealand Australian rugby union coach and former rugby league and rugby union footballer. Born in New Zealand, he represented Australia in rugby league and New Zealand in rugby union in a twenty-two year career as a player, starting at age nineteen and finishing at age forty-one. He was the head coach of the Australian Super Rugby Pacific team, the Queensland Reds. Thorn is their second longest-serving coach in history and their longest serving coach in the professional era.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rugby union in Australia</span>

Rugby union in Australia has a history of organised competition dating back to the late 1860s. Although traditionally most popular in Australia's rugby football strongholds of New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT, it is played throughout the nation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Israel Folau</span> Australian multi-code footballer

Israel ‘Isileli Folau is a professional dual-code rugby player who plays as a fullback for Japan Rugby League One club Urayasu D-Rocks. Born in Australia, he represents Tonga at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Junior Sa'u</span> New Zealand & Samoan rugby league player

Tafeaga Junior Sa'u is a professional New Zealand and Samoan rugby league player who plays as a centre for Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also plays for the Keighley Cougars in RFL League 1. He previously played for New Zealand and Samoa at the international level.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jake Ilnicki</span> Canadian rugby union player

Jake Ilnicki is a Canadian rugby union prop who plays international rugby for Canada and professional club rugby for Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby (MLR). He has also played for the New South Wales Country Eagles in Australia's National Rugby Championship and for the Seattle Seawolves in MLR.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suliasi Vunivalu</span> Australia & Fiji international rugby union & league player

Suliasi Bainiua Vunivalu is a professional rugby union footballer who plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby and the Australian national team. His regular playing position is wing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hannah Southwell</span> Australia international rugby league and rugby union footballer, and association footballer

Hannah Southwell is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently captains the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a lock, she is an Australian and New South Wales representative.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryan Burroughs</span> United States international rugby league player

Ryan Burroughs is an American rugby football player who has played primarily rugby league he has represented the United States National Rugby League team in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, as well as the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9's. He last played rugby league for Barrow Raiders. He left the club to sign for rugby union's Major League Rugby side Old Glory DC. Primarily playing on the wing, he can also play as fullback or centre.

Millie Elliott is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership. Her position is prop.

Stephanie Hancock is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Titans Women in the NRL Women's Premiership.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Super Rugby Women's</span> Womens rugby union club competition in Australia

Super Rugby Women's is an annual professional women's rugby union club competition organised by Rugby Australia. It is contested by five clubs from Australia and one club from Fiji, who play a single series of round-robin matches to determine the four participants of a single-elimination tournament. The competition replaced the representative National Women's Championship with five teams owned by the Australian Super Rugby franchises, and began play in the 2018 season as an amateur league known as the Super W. The 2022 season saw the addition of a team from Fiji, and the introduction of salaries for players. The league adopted its current name in the 2024 season. Fijiana Drua are the current champions, while the New South Wales Waratahs have won the most championships (4).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Old Glory DC</span> Professional rugby union team from Washington DC

Old Glory DC RFC is a professional rugby union team based in the Washington, D.C., area that is a member of Major League Rugby (MLR). Old Glory was founded in 2018, played some exhibition games in 2019, and began regular-season MLR play in 2020.

Jamason Faʻanana-Schultz is a rugby union player who plays as a flanker or number 8. He currently plays for Old Glory DC of Major League Rugby (MLR). Although born in Australia, he has played for the United States national rugby union team, having qualified through his American-born father.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kirra Dibb</span> Australia international rugby league footballer

Kirra Dibb is an Australian rugby league footballer who captains the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Vanessa Foliaki is a New Zealand-born Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Women in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Wentworthville Magpies in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Kyle Stewart is a New Zealand rugby union player, currently playing for the Old Glory DC of Major League Rugby (MLR) and Taranaki in the National Provincial Championship. His preferred position is prop.

Rohan O'Regan is an Australian rugby union player, currently playing for the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR). His preferred position is flanker.

References

  1. "Rohan Saifoloi". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. "Old Glory signs Australian flyhalf Rohan Saifoloi". Americas Rugby News. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. "Bond University Queensland Country squad announced for 2019 National Rugby Championship". Queensland Rugby Union. 26 August 2019.