Allan Alaalatoa

{{short description|Australian rugby union player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox rugby union biography

| name = Allan Alaalatoa

| image = Allan Alaalatoa 2017.jpg

| fullname = Allan Emani Alaalatoa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|01|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sydney, Australia

| height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|125|kg|lb stlb|abbr=on}}

| nickname =

| occupation =

| school = Newington College

| university =

| relatives = Michael Alaalatoa (brother)
Vili Alaalatoa (father)

| position = Prop

| currentclub = {{Rut|Brumbies}}

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2014–

| clubs1 = {{Rut|Brumbies}}

| apps1 = 131

| points1 = 20

| years2 = 2014−

| clubs2 = Canberra Vikings

| apps2 = 19

| points2 = 15

| amatyears1 = 2013-

| amatteam1 = Southern Districts

| amatapps1 = 7

| amatpoints1 = 0

| repyears1 = 2012-2014

| repteam1 = Australia Under 20

| repcaps1 = 10

| reppoints1 = 5

| repyears2 = 2016-

| repteam2 = Australia

| repcaps2 = 66

| reppoints2 = 0

| clubupdate = 14 June 2024

| repupdate = 10 August 2023

}}

Allan Alaalatoa (born 28 January 1994) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for the {{Rut|Brumbies}} in Super Rugby{{cite web | url=http://www.brumbies.com.au/Team/PlayerDetail.aspx?pid=173 | title=Allan Alaalatoa Brumbies Player Profile | publisher=Brumbies | access-date=21 July 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727072522/http://www.brumbies.com.au/Team/PlayerDetail.aspx?pid=173 | archive-date=27 July 2014 | df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.brumbies.com.au/News/Article/tabid/1213/ArticleID/10402/UC-Brumbies-EPS-announced.aspx |title=UC Brumbies EPS announced |publisher=Brumbies |date=17 October 2014 |access-date=21 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313170445/http://www.brumbies.com.au/News/Article/tabid/1213/ArticleID/10402/UC-Brumbies-EPS-announced.aspx |archive-date=13 March 2014 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_26279.html | title=Allan Alaalatoa Player Statistics | publisher=itsrugby | access-date=21 July 2014}} and the Australian rugby union team, the Wallabies.

Alaalatoa's father Vili is a fan of cricket and named him after the Australia cricket captain Allan Border. Alaalatoa's nickname with the Brumbies squad is also rumoured to be Captain Grumpy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/team-alaalatoa-logo-as-allan-and-michael-battle-in-brumbiescrusaders-clash-20160420-gobasn.html|title = 'Team Alaalatoa' logo as Allan and Michael battle in Brumbies-Crusaders clash|date = 20 April 2016}}

Career

Alaalatoa hails from a rugby family with father Vili playing for {{nrut|Samoa}} in the 1991 Rugby World Cup and brother Michael also going on to play professionally with the New South Wales Waratahs, the Crusaders and Leinster rugby. He attended Newington College where he played for three years in the 1st XV and completed the HSC in 2011.[http://newsletter.newington.nsw.edu.au/blackandwhite/article/sport-report-17/ Black & White] Retrieved 2 May 2015. His big break came ahead of the 2014 Super Rugby season when he was named in the Brumbies extended playing squad. He didn't get any game time during the regular season, but surprisingly was given a debut off the replacements bench in the Brumbies 32-30 victory over the {{Rut|Chiefs}} during the Super Rugby playoffs.{{cite web | url=http://sarugby.net/matchbreakdown.aspx?id=114884&category=sarugby/superrugby&leagueid=1574&homeid=16244&awayid=16204&fullview=true | title=Brumbies vs Chiefs 19 July 2014 Match Breakdown | publisher=SA Rugby | access-date=21 July 2014 | archive-date=17 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317231515/http://sarugby.net/matchbreakdown.aspx?id=114884&category=sarugby%2Fsuperrugby&leagueid=1574&homeid=16244&awayid=16204&fullview=true | url-status=dead }}

International

Alaalatoa is in the rare position of having represented his country in 3 consecutive IRB Junior World Championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014.{{cite web | url=http://www.irb.com/jwc/teams/team=4162/player=45629/index.html | title=Allan Alaalatoa IRB JWC Player Profile | publisher=IRB | access-date=21 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717195409/http://www.irb.com/jwc/teams/team=4162/player=45629/index.html | archive-date=17 July 2014 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}

In 2016, Alaalatoa was named in the Wallabies preliminary 39-man squad for the 2016 series against England.[http://www.rugby.com.au/News/2016/05/26/02/41/Wallabies-squad-full-of-surprises Wallabies squad full of surprises]

He has been selected for his first test against New Zealand, starting on the bench in the Bledisloe Cup on 20 August 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/rugby-union/australia-rugby/michael-cheika-names-experienced-wallabies-squad-for-bledisloe-cup-opener-20160818-gqvemd.html|title = Michael Cheika names experienced Wallabies squad for Bledisloe Cup opener|date = 18 August 2016}}

Alaalatoa became the Wallabies 85th captain in the third round of the Autumn Nations Cup when the Wallabies played against Italy in a 28 to 27 loss, the Australian's first ever loss against Italy.{{cite web | url=https://all.rugby/match/18375/autumn-nations-series-2022/italy-australia | title=Autumn Nations Series - Match report Italy vs Australia, le 12/11/2022 }}

In July 2023, Alaalatoa ruptured his achillies in a test against New Zealand, ruling him out of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-30 |title=UPDATED: Allan Alaalatoa out of Rugby World Cup, Tupou in doubt for Bledisloe {{!}} Latest Rugby News {{!}} RUGBY.com.au |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/bledisloe-cup-wallabies-captain-allan-alaalatoa-taniela-tupou-injury-all-blacks-2023729 |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=www.rugby.com.au |language=en}}

Super Rugby statistics

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