Frank Halai
| Date of birth | 6 March 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Pangai, Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Wesley College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frank Halai (born 6 March 1988) is a Tongan rugby union player who plays as a winger for the Austin Gilgronis in Major League Rugby (MLR).
He previously played for Pau in the Top 14.[1][2] and for Counties Manukau[3] in the ITM Cup, and before that Waikato. Halai is a former All Black Sevens and All Black representative, having played one test match in 2013.[4]
Career
[edit]Halai made his Super Rugby debut in Round 1 of the 2013 season when he started on the wing and played all 80 minutes of a 34-20 win over the Hurricanes in Wellington, scoring a try in the process. He ended the season as the Super Rugby leading try scorer with 10,[5] and was third in line breaks with 21, behind his Blues team mates Rene Ranger and Charles Piutau who had 24 each.
On 16 March 2017, Halai leaves Wasps in England for French club Pau in the Top 14 from the 2017-18 season.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Willison to fill Nonu void". rugby365. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Frank Halai Player Profile". Blues. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ "Frank Halai Counties Manukau Player Profile". New Zealand: CMRFU. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "Halai all fine by Tietjens". NZ Herald. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "Rugby: Frank Halai signs with English side". New Zealand Herald. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "Wasps and New Zealand winger Frank Halai joins Pau next season". BBC Sport. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
External links
[edit]- Frank Halai at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Frank Halai at AllBlacks.com
- Blues profile
- Steelers profile Archived 8 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Frank Halai at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Wasps RFC profile Archived 8 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Tongan emigrants to New Zealand
- Tongan rugby union players
- 1988 births
- Living people
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Rugby union wings
- Blues (Super Rugby) players
- Counties Manukau rugby union players
- Waikato rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby sevens players
- Wasps RFC players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in France
- Rugby union players from Haʻapai
- Section Paloise players
- Austin Gilgronis players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- People educated at Wesley College, Auckland