Sione Tahaafe (born 8 July 1958), is a Tongan former rugby union player who played as number 8.

Career

Tahaafe started his career in 1974, after he left

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

to go in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

, and then in Australia where he played in the

Shute Shield The Shute Shield is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier club competition in New South Wales. The Shute Shield is awarded to the winning team from the Sydney premiership grand final held at the end ...

with

Eastwood Rugby Club Eastwood Rugby is a rugby union club playing in the Sydney Premier Rugby competition. The Eastwood District extends from the Parramatta River at Meadowbank to the Hawkesbury River at Wisemans Ferry. The Club currently plays at TG Millner Field ...

, with he won the Ken Catchpole Award in 1986. Later, he moved in

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to play for Stade Montchaninois until 1995, to play later for Stade Dijonnais Côte D'Or until 2000. In 2001, Tahaafe retired to coach an under-19 team in Sens.

International career

Tahaafe debuted for Tonga in the 1987 Rugby World Cup in Australia and

, where he only played against

Canada national rugby union team The Canada national rugby union team (french: Équipe du Canada de rugby à XV) represents Canada in men's international rugby union competitions and is governed by Rugby Canada. Canada is classified by World Rugby as a tier two rugby nation an ...

, on 24 May 1987, in Napier, with this match being his only international cap.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tahaafe, Sione 1958 births Living people Tonga international rugby union players Tongan rugby union players Tongan expatriates in France Tongan expatriates in Australia Rugby union number eights