Toʻo Vaega

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Toʻo Vaega
BornToʻo Malo Vaega
(1965-08-17) 17 August 1965 (age 60)
Motoʻotua, Samoa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
Notable relative Cardiff Vaega (son)
Rugby union career
Position Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1988-1990 Suburbs
1991 Hastings High School Old Boys
1995-1997 Star Rugby Club
2000 Waitakere City
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1993-1994 Moataʻa
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1988-1990 Auckland
1990-1991 Auckland B
1991 Hawke's Bay
1992 Auckland
1995-1997 Southland
2000 Bay of Plenty [1]
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996–97 Highlanders 13 (20)
2000 Blues 1 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1986-2001 Samoa 61 (71)

Toʻo Vaega (born 17 August 1965) is a retired professional rugby union footballer, best known for his long career with the Samoan national team.

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Vaega was born in Motoʻotua.

Career

Vaega made his debut for Samoa against Wales on 14 June 1986, starting one of the longest international careers in modern rugby union history. By the time of his final cap against Ireland on 11 November 2001, he had represented his country 61 times in a 15-year period.

Vaega starred for Samoa in three Rugby World Cupss, but is most remembered for scoring a critical try in Samoa's historic 16–13 victory over Wales in Cardiff during the 1991 Rugby World Cup.

Outside of his duties with the Samoan national team, Vaega enjoyed a long club career in New Zealand, most notably with Southland and the Highlanders in the mid-1990s. He was an original Highlander in the first Super 12 campaign in 1996, and set a franchise record with three tries in a match that year against Western Province, a record he shares to this day.

Vaega's son Cardiff Vaega, named for the site of Samoa's victory over Wales in 1991, [2] is currently playing for Counties Manukau in the Mitre 10 Cup competition. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Toʻo M. V. Vaega at New Zealand Rugby History
  2. ↑ Egan, Brendon (4 March 2011). "Name celebrates Samoa's first World Cup win". The Southland Times . Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Rugby: Vaega brothers set for ITM showdown". New Zealand Herald. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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