Filo Paulo
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| Birth name | Teofilo Aloisio Mikaele Paulo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 November 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 122 kg (19 st 3 lb; 269 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Patrick’s College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teofilo Aloisio Mikaele Paulo (born 6 November 1987)[1] is a New Zealand-born Samoan rugby union player. He specialises as a lock forward. He plays for Manawatu Turbos in the NPC.
Career
[edit]Paulo had a brief stint with Ulster in 2009, for whom he made two Celtic League appearances.[2] In 2010 he was named as a member of the Blues wider training squad, however an injury to Ali Williams meant he was called into the full squad. He was a full squad member since 2011. Paulo made his provincial debut for North Harbour in 2011.
In January 2013 he joined the Welsh team Cardiff Blues,[2] making 75 appearances over two seasons.[3] From 2015 to 2017 he played for Benetton Treviso. On 5 June 2017 it was announced he had signed for English Premiership side London Irish from the following season.[4][5] He made 30 appearances for the team before leaving in 2019.[6] He rejoined the Cardiff Blues in 2019 for a one-year contract,[3] leaving at the end of the season.[7] He then returned to New Zealand where he played for the Manawatu Turbos.[8] He was not retained for the 2021 season, moving to Wellington team Avalon.[9][10]
On 23 August 2019, he was named in Samoa's 34-man training squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup,[11] before being named in the final 31 on 31 August.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Filo Paulo Samoa". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Cardiff Blues confirm signing of Samoan lock Filo Paulo". BBC Sport. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Filo Paulo: Cardiff Blues sign Samoa international Filo Paulo". BBC Sport. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "NEW SIGNING. Samoan international pins his colous to Irish". London Irish. London Irish Scottish Richmond Ltd. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "London Irish sign Manasa Saulo, Teofilo Paulo and Jake Schatz". BBC Sport. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "London Irish announce departing players". London Irish. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Cardiff Blues: Seven players agree new deals". BBC Sport. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Tudreu returns to Turbos". Manawatu Turbos. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Manawatū Turbos squad close to being finalised for their 16th season". Stuff. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Wellington club rugby Gains & Losses 2021". Club Rugby. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ Airey, Thomas (23 August 2019). "Alalatoa headlines Manu Samoa pre-World Cup squad". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Two uncapped players in Samoa squad for Japan". rugbyworldcup.com. Rugby World Cup. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- Filo Paulo at Premiership Rugby
- Filo Paulo at ESPNscrum
- Filo Paulo at ItsRugby.co.uk
