Sam Talakai

Sam Talakai
Full name Semise Talakai
Date of birth 4 September 1991
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Weight 116 kg (18 st 4 lb) [1]
School Waverley College[2]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Tighthead Prop
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010–
2014		 Sydney University
Brisbane City		 38
5		 20
(0)
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013 Waratahs 1 (0)
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2015− Reds 2 (0)
correct as of 22 February 2015.

Sam Talakai (born 4 September 1991), is an Australian rugby union player of Tongan descent. His usual position is prop. He has signed on to play for Brisbane City in 2014.

Talakai joined the Sydney University club in 2010,[1] and by 2012 was a regular starter in their first grade Shute Shield team.[3] In 2012 he was selected in the Junior Waratahs side to play in the Pacific Rugby Cup,[4] and in 2013 he made his debut off the bench for the Waratahs against the British and Irish Lions.[1][5] In 2014 he was recruited by Brisbane City coach Nick Stiles to play in the National Rugby Championship.[2][6]

Reference list

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Player Profiles: Sam Talakai". Sydney University Rugby. 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cook, Paul (6 October 2014). "Big Sam Aiming For the Big Time With City". Rugby News. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Player Profiles: Sam Talakai". It's Rugby. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Junior Waratahs Team Sheet" (PDF). Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions. 26 February 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Inexperienced Waratahs to tackle Lions". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Curtis Browning to captain Brisbane City in inaugural Buildcorp National Rugby Championship". Queensland Rugby. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

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