Digby Ioane
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| Full name | Digby Anthony Natu Ioane | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 July 1985 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Gregory Terrace St John's, Dandenong |
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| Notable relative(s) | Ole Avei (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside-Centre / Wing | ||||||||||||||||
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| Professional / senior clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2007 2013–15 2015− |
Melbourne Stade Français Honda Heat |
8 25 22 |
(5) (25) (20) |
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Correct as of 15 January 2017
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| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2006–07 2008–13 2017- |
Force Reds Crusaders |
20 66 0 |
(20) (90) (0) |
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Correct as of 2 June 2013
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
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2007–13 2005–08 2005–07 2004 2002–03 |
Australia Australia A Australia U-21 Australia U-19 Australian Schoolboys |
35 | (55) |
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Correct as of 24 June 2013
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Digby Ioane (born 14 July 1985) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer playing for the Honda Heat in the Japanese Top League. He previously played for Stade Français, the Western Force and the Queensland Reds. He also had played international representative test footy for the Wallabies.
Ioane was born in Wellington, New Zealand, but moved to Melbourne with his family when he was 2 years old. His family are of Samoan heritage. He was introduced to rugby league then rugby at an early age and represented Victoria in both junior rugby union and junior rugby league before moving to Brisbane in 2002.
He attended St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, and played for the 1st XV rugby team for two years. He played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2002 and 2003.
Ioane joined the Queensland Reds academy in 2004. He was selected for both the Australian U19 and Australian U21 teams in 2004, and he made the Australian U21 team again in 2005.
Despite not having played Super Rugby, Ioane was selected for the Wallabies squad to tour France and the United Kingdom under coach Eddie Jones at the end of 2005. He played for Australia 'A' in their win against the French Barbarians in Bordeaux on that tour.
In 2006, Ioane joined the Western Force, along with Nathan Sharpe from the Reds, who was the Force's first big-name signing and inaugural captain.
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