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Samipeni Finau

Date of birth

10 May 1999 (age 25)

Place of birth

Tonga

Height

196 cm (6 ft 5 in)

Weight

115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb)

School

St Peter’s School, Cambridge

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Lock / Flanker
Current team	Waikato, Chiefs
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2019–	Waikato	35	(10)
2021–	Chiefs	45	(20)
Correct as of 5 November 2024
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2019	New Zealand U20	6	(5)
2023–	New Zealand	6	(10)
Correct as of 5 November 2024

Samipeni Finau (born 10 May 1999 in Tonga)^[1] is a Tongan born New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a Lock or Flanker for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and Waikato in the Bunnings NPC.

International career

Finau made his senior test debut in a Bledisloe Cup test match on 5 August 2023 versus Australia, where he scored a try and helped the All Blacks win 23-20.^[2]

Reference list

^ "Samipeni Finau". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ Skippers, David (5 August 2023). "All Blacks' fightback floors the Wallabies in Bledisloe Cup thriller in Dunedin". PlanetRugby. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

External links

Samipeni Finau at the All Blacks (archived)

Samipeni Finau at ItsRugby.co.uk

v t e Chiefs – current squad
Forwards	Naitoa Ah Kuoi Sione Ahio Kaylum Boshier Jahrome Brown George Dyer Samipeni Finau Luke Jacobson Josh Lord Brodie McAlister Ollie Norris Reuben O'Neill Simon Parker Jared Proffit Aidan Ross Fiti Sa Manaaki Selby-Rickit Wallace Sititi Bradley Slater Samisoni Taukei'aho Jimmy Tupou Tupou Vaa'i Malachi Wrampling-Alec
Backs	Leroy Carter Liam Coombes-Fabling Josh Jacomb Anton Lienert-Brown Damian McKenzie Etene Nanai-Seturo Emoni Narawa Rameka Poihipi Cortez Ratima Xavier Roe Daniel Rona Shaun Stevenson Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi Kaleb Trask Quinn Tupaea Gideon Wrampling
Coach	Clayton McMillan

v t e Waikato – current squad
Forwards	George Dyer Ayden Johnstone (cc) Ollie Norris Gabe Robinson Solomone Tukuafu Mason Tupaea Pita Anae Ah-Sue Sean Ralph Samisoni Taukei'aho Hamilton Burr Laghlan McWhannell James Tucker Samipeni Finau Luke Jacobson Mitch Jacobson Patrick McCurran Xavier Saifoloi Malachi Wrampling-Alec
Backs	Cortez Ratima Xavier Roe Aaron Cruden Taha Kemara D'Angelo Leuila Damian McKenzie Austin Anderson Anton Lienert-Brown Bailyn Sullivan Quinn Tupaea Gideon Wrampling Tepaea Cook-Savage Liam Coombes-Fabling Josh Moorby Daniel Sinkinson
Head coach	Ross Filipo

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