Frank Halai

Frank Halai
Full name Frank Halai
Date of birth (1988-03-06) 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
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010–11
2012–15
2015−		 Waikato
Counties Manukau
Wasps		 2
34
25		 (0)
(70)
(60)
correct as of 12 October 2015.
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013–15 Blues 38 (70)
correct as of 12 June 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013– New Zealand 1 (5)
correct as of 3 November 2013.

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.[1][2] He previously played for Counties Manukau[3] 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.[4]

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.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Willison to fill Nonu void". rugby365. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Frank Halai Player Profile". Blues. Retrieved 14 Jan 2013.
  3. ↑ "Frank Halai Counties Manukau Player Profile". New Zealand: CMRFU. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Halai all fine by Tietjens". NZ Herald. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.

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