Mahe Vailanu
Birth date25 January 1997[1]
Birth placeTofoa, Tonga[1][2]
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight109 kg (17 st 2 lb; 240 lb)
SchoolAuckland Grammar School[1][2]
RelativesSione Vailanu (brother)
Ru currentpositionHooker, Flanker
Ru currentteamShimizu Blue Sharks
Years 12017
Years 22018
Years 32019
Years 42021
Clubs 1Melbourne Rising
Clubs 3Panasonic Wild Knights
Clubs 4LA Giltinis
Apps 18
Apps 27
Apps 30
Apps 412
Points 10
Points 25
Points 30
Points 410
Years 52025–
Clubs 5Shimizu Blue Sharks
Apps 59
Points 55
Superyears 12018
Superyears 22022–2025
Superapps 12
Superapps 233
Superpoints 10
Superpoints 235

Mahe Vailanu (born 10 January 1997) is a Tongan Australian rugby union player who plays for the NSW Waratahs in Super Rugby Pacific.

He previously played for the in the Super Rugby competition.[3] His position of choice is hooker.

Vailanu started his Australian career in Melbourne, with the Harlequins Rugby club, winning the 2017 Dewar Shield for the season.

Since 2018, Vailanu has played under head coach Darren Coleman.[4] He followed Coleman from the Warringah Rats to the Gordon Highlanders in 2019, then to the LA Giltinis in 2021 and NSW Waratahs in 2022, having won premierships with the Rats, Highlanders and Giltinis.

Super Rugby statistics

SeasonTeamGamesStartsSubMinsTriesConsPensDropsPointsYelRed
2018202220000000
Total202220000000

References

  1. ^ "Mahe Vailanu – NSW Rugby". nsw.rugby. New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU)
  2. ^ Geddes, Jon (25 April 2018). "Shute Shield: Warringah Rats unleash explosive new Super forward Mahe Vailanu". The Daily Telegraph Vailanu was born in Tonga before heading to New Zealand when he was 14 after being offered a rugby scholarship at the prestige Auckland Grammar School.
  3. ^ "Rebels skipper Coleman returns for Waratahs derby". Melbourne Rebels. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. ^ "LA GILTINIS SIGN TOP SYDNEY RUGBY HOOKER MAHE VAILANU". LA Giltinis. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.