Timote Tavalea

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| name = Timote Tavalea

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| full_name = Timote Fomonga Tavalea

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|03|20|df=y}}

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| height = 5 ft 11 in

| weight = 220 lb

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| position = Hooker / Flanker

| superyears1 = 1996–97

| super1 = {{Rut|Brumbies}}

| superapps1 = 2

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| superyears2 = 1998–99

| super2 = {{Rut|Waratahs}}

| superapps2 = 10

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| superyears3 = 2000

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| repyears1 = 1995

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Tonga}}

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Timote Fomonga Tavalea (born 20 March 1972) is an Australian former professional rugby union player.

A mobile hooker and flanker of Tongan origin, Tavalea played his rugby in Australia, making appearances in the Super 12 for the ACT Brumbies, NSW Waratahs and Queensland Reds.{{cite news |title=New signing has Kearns on the outer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119645534 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=26 September 1997}} He was with the Tongan national team in 1995 and featured at the Super 10 competition, but missed selection for that year's World Cup in South Africa.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130546331 |title=Rib injury forces Caputo to miss Eastwood match |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=28 April 1995 |page=26}}

Tavalea works at John Paul College in Brisbane, where he is a former first XV coach. His son, also named Timote, is a past pupil and plays professional rugby in Japan after moving there for his studies.{{cite news |title=Son of former Queensland Red Tim Tavalea making his mark in rugby union |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/logan/son-of-former-queensland-red-tim-tavalea-making-his-mark-in-rugby-union/news-story/95d1f9d68174cdccb778943a80c90e31 |work=The Courier-Mail |date=3 September 2016}}