Allan Alaalatoa

Allan Alaalatoa (born 28 January 1994) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for the Brumbies in Super Rugby^[1][2][3] and the Australian rugby union team, the Wallabies.

Allan Alaalatoa

Full name	Allan Emani Alaalatoa
Date of birth	(1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb; 19 st 10 lb)
School	Newington College
Notable relative(s)	Michael Alaalatoa (brother) Vili Alaalatoa (father)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Current team Brumbies Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2013- Southern Districts 7 (0) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014– Brumbies 131 (20) 2014− Canberra Vikings 19 (15) Correct as of 14 June 2024 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012-2014 Australia Under 20 10 (5) 2016- Australia 66 (0) Correct as of 10 August 2023

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.^[4]

Career

Alaalatoa hails from a rugby family with father Vili playing for 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.^[1] He attended Newington College where he played for three years in the 1st XV and completed the HSC in 2011.^[5] His big break came ahead of the 2014 Super Rugby season when he was named in the Brumbies extended playing squad.^[2] 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 Chiefs during the Super Rugby playoffs.^[6]

International

Alaalatoa is in the rare position of having represented his country in 3 consecutive IRB Junior World Championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014.^[7]

In 2016, Alaalatoa was named in the Wallabies preliminary 39-man squad for the 2016 series against England.^[8] He has been selected for his first test against New Zealand, starting on the bench in the Bledisloe Cup on 20 August 2016.^[9]

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.^[10]

In July 2023, Alaalatoa ruptured his achillies in a test against New Zealand, ruling him out of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.^[11]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 16 June 2024^[12]

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
2014	Brumbies	2	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Brumbies	11	1	10	236	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
2016	Brumbies	16	2	14	499	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Brumbies	15	15	0	951	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	Brumbies	15	15	0	1023	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2019	Brumbies	16	16	0	1064	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
2020	Brumbies	15	15	0	1034	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	Brumbies	12	12	0	844	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2022	Brumbies	11	10	1	690	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	Brumbies	10	9	1	469	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2024	Brumbies	8	8	0	395	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
Total		131	103	28	7211	4	0	0	0	20	2	1

International statistics

As of 16 June 2024^[12]

Season	Team	Matches	Starter	Sub	Min	Tries	Drop	Pen	Con	Points	Yel	Red
2015	Australia	4	0	4	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Australia	13	6	3	456	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Australia	10	3	4	315	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	Australia	4	3	1	189	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	Australia	11	8	2	541	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	Australia	7	6	1	342	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	Australia	10	7	2	514	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2022	Australia	7	7	0	421	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grand Total		66	40	0	2883	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

References

1. "Allan Alaalatoa Brumbies Player Profile". Brumbies. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
2. "UC Brumbies EPS announced". Brumbies. 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
3. "Allan Alaalatoa Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
4. "'Team Alaalatoa' logo as Allan and Michael battle in Brumbies-Crusaders clash". 20 April 2016.
5. Black & White Retrieved 2 May 2015.
6. "Brumbies vs Chiefs 19 July 2014 Match Breakdown". SA Rugby. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
7. "Allan Alaalatoa IRB JWC Player Profile". IRB. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
8. Wallabies squad full of surprises
9. "Michael Cheika names experienced Wallabies squad for Bledisloe Cup opener". 18 August 2016.
10. "Autumn Nations Series - Match report Italy vs Australia, le 12/11/2022".
11. "UPDATED: Allan Alaalatoa out of Rugby World Cup, Tupou in doubt for Bledisloe | Latest Rugby News | RUGBY.com.au". www.rugby.com.au. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
12. "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.