Sione Lauaki
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| Sione Lauaki | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Sione Tuitupu Lauaki | ||
| Date of birth | June 22, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth |  Ha'apai, Tonga |
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| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 41⁄2 in) | ||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | ||
| Nickname | Wax | ||
| Notable relative(s) | Epalahame Lauaki | ||
| Occupation(s) | Professional Rugby Player | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Flanker, Number eight | ||
| All Black No. | 1055 | ||
| Provincial/State sides | Caps | (points) | |
| 2005– 2002–2004 |
 Waikato Auckland |
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(-) (-) |
| Super Rugby | |||
| 2004– | Chiefs |
46 | (50) |
| National team(s) | |||
| 2005– 2004 |
New Zealand Pacific Islanders |
11 3 |
(5) (15) |
Sione Tuitupu Lauaki (born 22 June 1981 in Tonga) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays loose forward for the New Zealand All Blacks, with whom he made his debut in 2005 against Fiji. He currently plays for the Chiefs in the Super 14 competition. He is 192 cm tall and weighs 118 kg. He is the first ever All Black from Auckland's Waitakere College where he made the First XV in 1998. He later moved to Kelston Boys High School, where he also played First XV. He played his club rugby for Waitemata Rugby Football Club and was instrumental in their Gallaher Shield win in 2003. He was the fourth All Black to come from the Waitemata club after Adrian Clarke, Ken Carrington and the great Michael Niko Jones.
While playing for the combined Pacific Islanders team in 2004 he scored Test match tries against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. He was one of the two Pacific Islanders rugby union team players picked for the All Blacks, the other being winger, Sitiveni Sivivatu. His brother, Epalahame Lauaki, is a 2nd rower for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition and also a New Zealand international.
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