Donovan Taofifénua
French rugby union player
Rugby player
Date of birth | (1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Grenoble, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb; 185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donovan Taofifénua (born 30 March 1999) is a French rugby union player. He plays as a wing for Racing 92 in the Top 14. He is a cousin of France internationals Romain Taofifénua and Sébastien Taofifénua and is of Wallisian heritage.[1][2]
Career
Emerging from ASM Clermont Auvergne's rank, Taofifénua was a member of the France U20 team that won the 2019 World Rugby Championship, and made his club debut during the 2019–20 season.[3][4]
He joined Racing 92 the next season, in search for more game time. There he scored six tries in the first part of the season, earning a first call-up for the French national team for the Autumn Nations Cup final against England.[3]
Honours
International
Notes and references
- ^ "Donovan Taofifenua". racing92.fr. Racing 92. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Tony Smith (26 February 2022). "Six Nations: How Wallis and Futuna players have boosted France's title hopes". Stuff. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ a b Charpentier, David (29 November 2020). "Top 14 : l'ascension fulgurante de Donovan Taofifenua". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Darthoux, Jean-François (29 November 2020). "Rugby - Un ancien jeune de l'USA Limoges appelé en équipe de France". Le Populaire. Archived from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
External links
- It's Rugby profile
- France profile at FFR
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Racing 92 – current squad
- Eddy Ben Arous
- Anton Bresler
- Camille Chat
- Baptiste Chouzenoux
- Ibrahim Diallo
- Guram Gogichashvili
- Cedate Gomes Sa
- Luke Jones
- Jordan Joseph
- Giorgi Kharaishvili
- Hassane Kolingar
- Siya Kolisi
- Thomas Laclayat
- Wenceslas Lauret
- Kévin Le Guen
- Bernard Le Roux
- Victor Moreaux
- Trevor Nyakane
- Ali Oz
- Boris Palu
- Baptiste Pesenti
- Fabien Sanconnie
- Yoan Tanga
- Cameron Woki
- Henry Chavancy
- Louis Dupichot
- Gaël Fickou
- Antoine Gibert
- Juan Imhoff
- Olivier Klemenczak
- Nolann Le Garrec
- Dorian Laborde
- Mitch Short
- Max Spring
- Donovan Taofifénua
- Josua Tuisova
- Ben Volavola
- Stuart Lancaster