Frank Halai

Frank Halai
Date of birth	6 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Pangai, Tonga
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb)
School	Wesley College
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Wing
Current team	Austin Gilgronis
Senior career
Years	Team
2010–2011	Waikato
2012–2015	Counties Manukau
2013–2015	Blues
2015–2017	Wasps
2017–2019	Pau
2020-2021	Austin Gilgronis
	Correct as of 17 August 2021
International career
Years	Team
2013	New Zealand
2013–2014	Barbarian F.C.
2014	New Zealand Barbarians
	Correct as of 17 August 2021
National sevens team
Years	Team
2011–2012	New Zealand
	Correct as of 17 August 2021

Frank Halai (born 6 March 1988) is a Tongan rugby union player who plays as a winger for the Austin Gilgronis in Major League Rugby (MLR).

He previously played for Pau in the Top 14.^[1]^[2] and for Counties Manukau^[3] in the ITM Cup, and before that Waikato. Halai is a former All Black Sevens and All Black representative, having played one test match in 2013.^[4]

Career

Halai made his Super Rugby debut in Round 1 of the 2013 season when he started on the wing and played all 80 minutes of a 34-20 win over the Hurricanes in Wellington, scoring a try in the process. He ended the season as the Super Rugby leading try scorer with 10,^[5] and was third in line breaks with 21, behind his Blues team mates Rene Ranger and Charles Piutau who had 24 each.

On 16 March 2017, Halai leaves Wasps in England for French club Pau in the Top 14 from the 2017-18 season.^[6]

Notes

^ "Willison to fill Nonu void". rugby365. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Frank Halai Player Profile". Blues. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
^ "Frank Halai Counties Manukau Player Profile". New Zealand: CMRFU. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
^ "Halai all fine by Tietjens". NZ Herald. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
^ "Rugby: Frank Halai signs with English side". New Zealand Herald. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "Wasps and New Zealand winger Frank Halai joins Pau next season". BBC Sport. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

External links

Frank Halai at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
Frank Halai at AllBlacks.com
Blues profile
Steelers profile Archived 8 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
Frank Halai at ItsRugby.co.uk
Wasps RFC profile Archived 8 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine

[Willison_to_fill_Nonu_void-1] "Willison to fill Nonu void". rugby365. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[blues-profile-2] "Frank Halai Player Profile". Blues. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

[manukau-profile-3] "Frank Halai Counties Manukau Player Profile". New Zealand: CMRFU. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2012.

[sevens-nzherald-4] "Halai all fine by Tietjens". NZ Herald. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.

[5] "Rugby: Frank Halai signs with English side". New Zealand Herald. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[6] "Wasps and New Zealand winger Frank Halai joins Pau next season". BBC Sport. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

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