Filipo Toala

{{Short description|Samoa international rugby union player (born 1973)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox rugby biography | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|8|02}} | birth_place = Apia, Samoa | ru_currentposition = | ru_currentteam = | position = Wing | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | province1 = Taranaki | provinceyears1 = 1997–1999 | provinceapps1 = 24 | provincepoints1 = 25 | years1 = 1999–2004 | clubs1 = Stade Rochelais | clubs2 = Eastwood | apps1 = 95 | points1 = 127 | repyears1 = 1998–2000 | repteam1 = {{nrut|Samoa}} | repcaps1 = 6 | reppoints1 = 5 }}

'''Filipo Toala''' (born 2 August 1973 in Apia) is a former Samoan rugby union player. He played as a wing.

==Career== His first international cap was against Fiji, at Canberra, on 22 September 1998. He was part of the 1999 Rugby World Cup, playing one match. His last international cap was against Scotland, at Murrayfield, on 18 November 2000. He played in the NPC for Taranaki between 1997 and 1999. A year later, he moved to France, to play for Stade Rochelais, where he was nicknamed ''Le Tigre d'Apia'' (The Tiger of Apia). He ended his career in 2005, playing for Eastwood Rugby Club.

==External links== *[http://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/filipo-toala Filipo Toala at New Zealand Rugby History] *{{ESPNscrum|12997}} *[http://www.rugbyrochelais.fr/public/joueurs/joueur.php?idjoueur=204 Filipo Toala at Rugby Rochelais]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Toala, Filipo}} Category:Rugby union players from Apia Category:Stade Rochelais players Category:Samoan rugby union players Category:Rugby union wings Category:Samoa international rugby union players Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Samoan expatriate rugby union players in France Category:Samoan expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand Category:Samoan expatriate rugby union players in Australia Category:Taranaki rugby union players Category:1999 Rugby World Cup players Category:Eastwood Rugby Club players