Charles Piutau

Salesi Tu'ipulotu "Charles" Piutau (born 31 October 1991 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the fullback (and occasionally wing) position for the Auckland based Super Rugby side the Blues, and for New Zealand's national team the All Blacks.

Early life

In 2010, Piutau represented Tonga at the IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina. Piutau was the top try scorer for the New Zealand Under-20s in their 2011 World Championship winning campaign. In 2010 he played for the Tongan Under 20 team. He was a member of the New Zealand Sevens team in 2011/12.^{[citation needed]}

Charles plays club rugby for Pakuranga United Rugby Club.

He is the younger brother of Yamaha Jubilo centre Siale Piutau.

Domestic career

Piutau made his debut for Auckland in 2010, his first year out of high school, and was named Auckland Under 20 player of the year.^{[citation needed]}

He was brought into the Blues squad to cover injuries at the tail end of the 2012 Super Rugby season and proved his skills with two 'match of the match' appearances.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Piutau joined the All Blacks training squad during the 2013 Super Rugby season. On 22 June, he made his Test debut against France in New Plymouth.

Test Match Record

Against	Pld	W	D	L	Tri	Con	Pen	DG	Pts	%Won
France	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	100
Australia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Argentina	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
South Africa	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Japan	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	100
England	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Total	10	10	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	100

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Con = Conversions, Pen = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points Scored

References

External links

• Charles Piutau at AllBlacks.com
• Blues player profile
• Auckland player profile