Alando Soakai
| Full name | Alando Soakai | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 May 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Flanker | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2011- | Kubota Spears | ||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2004 2005–2010 |
Southland Otago |
7 61 |
(0) (40) |
| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2007–2011 | Highlanders | 58 | (15) |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
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NZ Sevens Junior All Blacks |
4 |
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Representing  New Zealand
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2006 Melbourne | Team competition |
Alando Soakai (born 11 May 1983 in West Auckland) is a professional rugby union player from New Zealand who plays for the Kubota Spears in the Japanese Top League as a flanker. Prior to his move to Japan, he was a long-term member of the Highlanders in Super Rugby and Otago in the ITM Cup, serving as captain of Otago in their 2009 and 2010 campaigns.
Of Tongan descent, Soakai was educated at Auckland Grammar School, where he played alongside current professional rugby players Ben Atiga, Benson Stanley, and Isa Nacewa. He shifted south to Dunedin in 2002 to attend the University of Otago, eventually signing to play provincial rugby for Otago.
After spending the 2004 season on loan with Southland, Soakai made his debut for Otago in 2005 and by the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup was a regular starter for the squad. In ensuing seasons, he developed into one of Otago's most reliable players, and was selected team captain for the 2009 Air New Zealand Cup.
In the 2010 ITM Cup, Soakai made his 50th appearance for Otago and set a personal best with 3 tries over the course of the season, but endured a difficult season as captain as the team had a disastrous year to finish dead last in the competition.
He played over fifty games in club rugby for Kaikorai Demons in the local Dunedin competition.
Soakai was selected to the Highlanders squad for the 2007 Super 14 season, and appeared in all but one game for the team including 7 starts. After a mass exodus from the club following the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Soakai solidified his spot as the team's starting openside flanker in 2008.
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