Toutai Kefu
| Full name | Rodger Siaosi Toutai Kefu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 April 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (17 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Steve Kefu, Mafileo Kefu (brothers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Number 8 | ||
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| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2004–10 | Kubota Spears | () | |
| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1996–2004 | Queensland Reds | 103 | () |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1997–2003 2006 |
Australia Barbarians |
60 1 |
((50) (0)) |
| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2010–11 2011–12 2012–16 2015 2016- 2016 |
Sunshine Coast Stingrays Tonga (Assistant) Kubota Spears Souths Under 15 Div 3 Tonga (Head coach) Queensland Country |
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Toutai Kefu (born 8 April 1974) is a Tonga-born rugby coach, who earned 60 caps playing at number eight for the Australian national team (the Wallabies). Kefu is currently the head coach of the Tongan national team having previously coached them as a caretaker in 2012. He is also the Assistant Coach of the First 15 at Brisbane Boys College. He is additionally the head coach of the Australian side Queensland Country in the National Rugby Championship, while there is a break between international windows.
Big, quick and powerfully built, he was a stand out school boy performer, being selected for the Queensland Reds for the inaugural season of the Super 12 in 1996, aged 21. He made his international test debut at the age of 23, coming of the bench against South Africa on 23 August during the 1997 Tri Nations Series. He made his first start on his second cap almost a year later. He took over the position of number 8 from fellow Tongan Willie Ofahengaue in 1998 in Australia's record 76–0 win over England. After helping Australia qualify for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in September 1998, he played a vital role in winning the Webb Ellis Cup for Australia's second time. He played in 4 of their matches, scoring against Romania in the opening game, and playing the full 80 minutes in the final.
He helped Australia to their first ever Tri-nations title in 2000, which saw the Wallabies win their third consecutive Bledisloe Cup title, the first ever time they had done this. In 2001, he helped Australia to their first series win over the British and Irish Lions in over 70 years, playing in all three tests. Later that year he scored the try which beat the All Blacks to retain the Bledisloe Cup, giving his Skipper, John Eales, a perfect send off, as this was his last game for the Wallabies.
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