Alofa Alofa

Alofa Alofa

Personal information
Full name	Alofa Alofa
Nickname	Bread
Born	(1991-03-12) 12 March 1991 Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
School(s) attended	Canterbury Boys' High School
Club information
Playing position	Wing
Current club	La Rochelle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Pts)†
2011–12	Sydney Roosters		()
2013–14	West Harbour	17	(65)
2014	Waratahs	14	(25)
2014–	La Rochelle	19	(35)
Representative team(s)‡
2014–	Samoa	3	(0)
	Sydney East Schools		()
	Combined High Schools		()
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 25 April 2015. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 29 May 2016.

Alofa Alofa (born 12 March 1991) is an New Zealand-Australian Samoan international rugby union player who currently plays as a winger for La Rochelle in the Top 14.

Career

Alofa was born in Auckland, New Zealand but emigrated to Australia with his family aged four. He started out his professional career in rugby league with the Sydney Roosters, and switched to union in 2013. He scored 13 tries during the 2013 Shute Shield season, this brought him to the attention of the Waratahs who named him in their wider training group for the 2014 Super Rugby season. Alofa made his first appearance in week 1 of the campaign and marked his debut with a try in a 43-21 win over the Western Force in Sydney.

Internationally, Alofa was eligible to play for New Zealand due to it being the country of his birth. He was also able to play for the Wallabies by virtue of residency, and Samoa through his Samoan born parents, the Samoan ministers Kaisala and Tusi. On 14 November 2014, he made his international debut for Samoa against Canada, starting on the right wing.