Mahe Vailanu

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

Mahe Vailanu

Date of birth	(1997-01-25) 25 January 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth	Tofoa, Tonga[1][2]
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	109 kg (17 st 2 lb; 240 lb)
School	Auckland Grammar School[1][2]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker, Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2017 Melbourne Rising 8 (0) 2018 NSW Country Eagles 7 (5) 2019 Panasonic Wild Knights 0 (0) 2021 LA Giltinis 12 (10) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2018 Rebels 2 (0) 2022– Waratahs 28 (35)

He previously played for the Rebels 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

As of 15 July 2018^[5]

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
2018	Rebels	2	0	2	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		2	0	2	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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" (Press release). Melbourne Rebels. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
4. "LA GILTINIS SIGN TOP SYDNEY RUGBY HOOKER MAHE VAILANU". LA Giltinis. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
5. "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.