Phil Kite (rugby union)
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| Full name | Philip Kite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 319 lb (145 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Nudgee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Philip Kite (born 24 April 1993) is a Tongan rugby union player.
Biography
[edit]Born in Auckland, Kite attended St Joseph's College in the Brisbane suburb of Nudgee and was an Australian Under-20s representative at the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[1]
Kite, a prop, was in the Brisbane City side that won the 2014 National Rugby Championship, after which he played rugby in Canberra with the Tuggeranong Vikings. He left for New Zealand in 2016 to play at Northland.[2]
In 2017, Kite made a single Super Rugby appearances for Queensland Reds and gained a Test cap with the Tonga national team against Wales in Auckland, as a second-half substitute for Latu Talakai.[3]
Kite has played in France with Pro D2 club Rugby Club Vannes since the 2017/18 season.[4]
In 2022, Kite was capped again for Tonga in a win over Spain.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Browning to lead young Wallabies to junior world championship". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Rugby: Northland end two year losing streak". NZ Herald. 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Wales grind out victory over Tonga - Welsh Rugby Union". Welsh Rugby Union. 16 June 2017.
- ^ "RC Vannes. Le pilier Phil Kité prolonge jusqu'en 2025". Ouest-France (in French). 13 December 2021.
- ^ Loury, Jean-Luc (14 June 2023). "Pas de Coupe du monde avec les Tonga pour Phil Kite". Ouest-France (in French).
External links
[edit]- Phil Kite at ESPNscrum
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Tongan rugby union players
- Tonga international rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- Tongan expatriate rugby union players in France
- Queensland Reds players
- Brisbane City (rugby union) players
- Rugby Club Vannes players
- People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee