# Filipo Toala

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{{Short description|Samoa international rugby union player (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
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| image              =
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|8|02}}
| birth_place        = [Apia](/source/Apia), [Samoa](/source/Samoa)
| ru_currentposition = 
| ru_currentteam     = 
| position           = Wing
| amatyears1         = 
| amatteam1          = 
| province1          = [Taranaki](/source/Taranaki_Rugby_Football_Union)
| provinceyears1     = 1997–1999
| provinceapps1      = 24
| provincepoints1    = 25
| years1             = 1999–2004
| clubs1             = [Stade Rochelais](/source/Stade_Rochelais)
| clubs2             = [Eastwood](/source/Eastwood_Rugby_Club)
| apps1              = 95
| points1            = 127
| repyears1          = 1998–2000
| repteam1           = {{nrut|Samoa}}
| repcaps1           = 6
| reppoints1         = 5 
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'''Filipo Toala''' (born 2 August 1973 in [Apia](/source/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](/source/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](/source/National_Provincial_Championship_(1976%E2%80%932005)) 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]

{{Samoa Squad 1999 World Cup}}

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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

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