Sione Lauaki made his All Blacks Test debut off the bench in the team’s 91–0 demolition of Fiji at Albany in June 2005. A remarkable athlete for a player of his size, Lauaki is a dangerous runner off the back of the scrum or ruck or in the open field, and puts his strength and physical presence to good use on defence also.

An electrifying player at either No 8 or on the blindside flank, Lauaki made his All Blacks debut on the back of the scrum. Lauaki was a star of the Rebel Sport Super 12 competitions in 2004 and 2005, and joins wing Sitiveni Sivivatu in playing both for and against New Zealand in a 12-month span after making his international debut for the Pacific Islanders team against in 2004.

He is another player from Auckland’s Kelston Boys’ High School where he made the First XV in 1998. He was selected for the Auckland Secondary Schools B team in the same year and followed on to make the A team in 1999 and 2000. He represented the New Zealand Colts in 2001 and 2002 and made his Air New Zealand NPC debut for Auckland in 2002.

Career Notes
• Scored Test match tries for the Pacific Islanders against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa within a 15-day period in 2004, a feat without precedent. Just 13 other players have scored tries against all three teams in their lifetime.
• Transfered from Auckland to Waikato before the 2005 season.
• Played for Auckland Secondary Schools 1998, 1999 and 2000.
• Twice scored tries against England Under 21. Other tries for New Zealnd Under 21 were against Japan and Wales Under 21.
• His brother Hame Lauaki plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL.

FULL NAME

Sione Tuitupu Lauaki

BORN

Monday, 22 June 1981 in Ha'apai

AGE

29

PHYSICAL

1.94m, 115kg

POSITION

Loose Forward

LAST SCHOOL

Kelston Boys' High

RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)

Waitemata

PROVINCE

Waikato

SUPER 14 TEAM

Chiefs

RUGBY NICKNAME

Wax

ALL BLACK DEBUT

Friday, 10 June 2005
v Fiji at Albany
aged 23 years, 353 days

INTERNATIONAL DEBUT

Friday, 10 June 2005
v Fiji at Albany
aged 23 years, 353 days

LAST TEST

Wednesday, 3 September 2008
v Samoa at New Plymouth
aged 27 years, 73 days

ALL BLACK TESTS

17 (0 as Captain)

ALL BLACK GAMES

0 (0 as Captain)

TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES

17 (0 as Captain)

ALL BLACK TEST POINTS

15pts (3t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)

ALL BLACK GAME POINTS

0pts

TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS

15pts (3t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)

ALL BLACK NUMBER

1055

The All Black Games that Lauaki played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced

Click on the date to be taken to the Match Card

2005

 10 Jun vs Fiji at Albany 91-0 (+) 

 25 Jun vs British & Irish Lions at Christchurch 21-3 (+) 

 2 Jul vs British & Irish Lions at Wellington 48-18 (+) 

 9 Jul vs British & Irish Lions at Auckland 38-19 (-) 

 3 Sep vs Australia at Auckland 34-24  

 12 Nov vs Ireland at Dublin 45-7  

 26 Nov vs Scotland at Edinburgh 29-10  

2007

 8 Sep vs Italy at Marseille 76-14 (+) 

 15 Sep vs Portugal at Lyon 108-13  

 23 Sep vs Scotland at Edinburgh 40-0 (+) 

 29 Sep vs Romania at Toulouse 85-8  

2008

 14 Jun vs England at Auckland 37-20 (+) 

 21 Jun vs England at Christchurch 44-12 (+) 

 5 Jul vs South Africa at Wellington 19-8 (+) 

 12 Jul vs South Africa at Dunedin 28-30 (+) 

 26 Jul vs Australia at Sydney 19-34 (+) 

 3 Sep vs Samoa at New Plymouth 101-14 (+) 

Points scored for the All Blacks

t

c

p

dg

pts

vs Scotland, 26 Nov 2005

1

-

-

-

5

vs England, 21 Jun 2008

1

-

-

-

5

vs South Africa, 12 Jul 2008

1

-

-

-

5

Totals

3

0

0

0

15

Test Record by Nation

P

W

D

L

t

c

p

dg

pts

Australia

2

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

British & Irish Lions

3

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

England

2

2

-

-

1

-

-

-

5

Fiji

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ireland

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Italy

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Portugal

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Romania

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Samoa

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Scotland

2

2

-

-

1

-

-

-

5

South Africa

2

1

-

1

1

-

-

-

5

Totals

17

15

0

2

3

0

0

0

15