Losilosivale Filipo (born 29 December 1997) is a New Zealand
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player of Samoan descent.
Filipo hails from
Porirua
Porirua, ( mi, Pari-ā-Rua) a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. The name 'Porirua' is a corruption of 'Pari-rua', meaning "the tide swee ...
and was a boarder at
St Patrick's College, Silverstream
St Patrick's College is a state-integrated Catholic boys' day and boarding secondary school located in Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand. It was established in 1931 when the original St Patrick's College, Wellington that had been establ ...
. He represented New Zealand under-16s in rugby league and was a New Zealand Schools rugby union player.
When he was 17, Filipo got charged with assaulting four people, two of them female, during a fight in central Wellington. He was discharged without conviction by a district court judge who took into account Filipo's future rugby prospects had he been convicted, a decision that prompted public outcry. Police appealed the ruling to the
High Court and Filipo was subsequently sentenced to nine months supervision.
Filipo, an outside back, made his Wellington provincial debut in 2017. He is a former Samoa under-20s captain and in 2019 was named in a New Zealand Sevens development squad. In 2021, Filipo debuted for
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...
in a win over Tonga at Waikato Stadium, which secured the country's qualification for the 2023 World Cup.
See also
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List of Samoa national rugby union players
List of Samoa national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Samoa national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a match recognized by the Samoa Rugby Union as a test match, whether it was p ...
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1997 births
Living people
New Zealand rugby union players
Samoa international rugby union players
New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
Rugby union wings
Wellington rugby union players
People educated at St Patrick's College, Silverstream
People convicted of assault
Rugby union players from Porirua
Sportspeople convicted of crimes