Full name | Frank Halai | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 March 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pangai, Tonga | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
School | Wesley College | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
Playing career | |||||||||||||||||
Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||
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Professional / senior clubs | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2010–11 2012–15 2015− |
Waikato Counties Manukau Wasps |
2 34 25 |
(0) (70) (60) |
Correct as of 12 October 2015
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Super Rugby | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2013–15 | Blues | 38 | (70) |
Correct as of 12 June 2015
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National team(s) | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2013– | New Zealand | 1 | (5) |
Correct as of 3 November 2013
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Frank Halai (born 6 March 1988) is a rugby union footballer who plays as a wing. He represents Wasps RFC in the English Premiership, having moved there before the 2015/2016 season from the Blues in Super Rugby. He previously played for Counties Manukau in the ITM Cup, and before that Waikato. Halai is a former All Black Sevens and All Black representative, having played one test match in 2013.
Halai made his Super Rugby debut in Round 1 of the 2013 season when he started on the wing and played all 80 minutes of a 34-20 win over the Hurricanes in Wellington, scoring a try in the process. He ended the season as the Super Rugby leading try scorer with 10, and was third in line breaks with 21, behind his Blues team mates Rene Ranger and Charles Piutau who had 24 each.