Taniela Moa
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| Birth name | Unalotokipulotu Vea Teutau Moa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 March 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tofoa, Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 December 2021 (aged 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taniela Moa (11 March 1985 – 16 December 2021) was a Tongan rugby union player. He last played for Section Paloise. He also played for the Blues and Chiefs in Super Rugby, and Auckland and Bay of Plenty in the NPC. His main position was scrum-half but he could also cover the fly-half position.
Moa was born in Tonga before moving to Auckland, where he was educated at Onehunga High School and Southern Cross Campus before finishing his last year at De La Salle College, Mangere East.
He represented the Ikale Tahi at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He won a total of 20 caps for Tonga.
Moa died at the age of 36 on 16 December 2021.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby: Former Blues and Tonga halfback Taniela Moa dies aged 36". The New Zealand Herald. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- Blues profile
- Taniela Moa at ESPNscrum
- Taniela Moa at ItsRugby.co.uk
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- 1985 births
- 2021 deaths
- Auckland rugby union players
- Bay of Plenty rugby union players
- Blues (Super Rugby) players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Tonga national rugby league team players
- Tongan rugby union players
- Tonga international rugby union players
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- Tongan expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
- People educated at De La Salle College, Māngere East
- Rugby union players from Haʻapai
- People educated at Onehunga High School
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
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- Tongan expatriate rugby union players in France
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