Junior Poluleuligaga
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| Full name | Augusitino Junior Poluleuligaga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 February 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Otahuhu, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb; 212 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's Primary School, Otahuhu De La Salle College, Mangere East |
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| Position(s) | Scrum-Half | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2004–07 | North Harbour | 18 | (10) |
| 2006 | Blues | 9 | (5) |
| 2007–08 | Toulon | 18 | (0) |
| 2008–09 | Harlequins | 9 | (0) |
| 2009 | Bay of Plenty | 13 | (10) |
| 2010 | Chiefs | 12 | (5) |
| 2010–13 | Exeter Chiefs | 25 | (0) |
| 2013– | Auckland | 18 | (5) |
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Correct as of 19 October 2014
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2006 | Pacific Islanders | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 – | Samoa | 21 | (20) |
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Correct as of 23 June 2013
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Junior Poluleuligaga (born 5 February 1981) is a Samoan rugby union international player. He currently plays for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a Scrum-half and was educated at De La Salle College, Mangere East. His name is often abbreviated to Junior Polu.
So much of Junior Poluleuligaga's career depended on his great rival Steve So'oialo. Polu began his career by breaking into the North Harbour provinacal side, he was spotted for the Samoan national team and in 2006 was selected to nationalise to play for his parents country, representing composite side Pacific Islanders as a Samoan, having been unwanted for the 2004 tour due to the presence of So'oialo.
A solid tour as Mosese Rauluni's understudy lead to several offers from European clubs, but Polu declined and remained true to his North Harbour contract and returned home.
Following the success of the Pacific Islanders tour Polu represented Samoa in the IRB Pacific Nations Cup in the summer of 2007 due to the absence of So'oialo. Here he was again 2nd choice to So'oialo, although his luck was about the change.
So'oialo and Polu were both selected for the 2007 RWC squad, as Samoa looked to upset 2003 champions England and eventual champions South Africa. Polu was selected ahead of So'oialo for the opening game against the springboks, which they lost despite an encouraging start. So'oialo was restored for the derby game against Tonga which despite entering as overwhelming favourates lost 19–12. Polu was once again restored for the do or die game with England setting up an excellent try for Mahonri Schwalger. Having travelled north to France for the world cup Polu joined RC Toulon on a short term deal.
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