Vili Ala'alatoa
Vili Ala'alatoa (born August 9, 1962) is a Samoan rugby union player. He plays as a prop. He played for West Harbour RFC,[1] and then, for Manly RUFC[2][3]
| Date of birth | August 9, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Michael Ala'alatoa (son) Allan Ala'alatoa (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Ala'alatoa debuted for Western Samoa in the test match against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in 1988. He was a member of the Western Samoan team during the 1991 Rugby World Cup. His last international for Western Samoa was a test against Fiji in 1992, at Suva.
Personal life
A fan of cricket, Vili is father of Michael Ala'alatoa, who plays for Leinster and Allan Alaalatoa, who plays for the Brumbies and Australia, who was named after Australia cricket captain Allan Border.[4][5]
Ala'alatoa was Senior Prefect at Ashfield Boys High School (Australia) in 1982. His nickname was ‘Shoebox’ because of the size of his feet.
References
- West Harbour RFC Honour Board
- The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales · Page 61
- The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales · Page 89
- Jennifer Browning (19 August 2016). "Wallabies' duo will follow in father's footsteps". ABC. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- Chris Dutton (21 April 2016). "Team Alaalatoa logo as Allan and Michael battle in Brumbies-Crusaders clash". Stuff. Retrieved 2 March 2021.