Siate Tokolahi

Siate Tokolahi (born 16 March 1992) is a Tongan rugby union player who played as a prop for and in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the and in the international Super Rugby competition.

Early career

Born in Tonga, Tokolahi showed promise to become a top rugby player from an early age and was brought to New Zealand on a Sean Fitzpatrick scholarship to attend Sacred Heart College in Auckland. However, in 2009 aged 17 Tokolahi switched to St. Bede's College in Christchurch which made him eligible to play for Canterbury's youth sides. The move sparked controversy at the time and saw allegations of poaching leveled at the Canterbury Rugby Union. After graduating high-school, Tokolahi played for Canterbury's academy in 2012 and the Crusaders Knights development squad in 2013 while playing local club rugby for Belfast. He played every game during his first year in Hamilton as his team reached the tournament quarter-finals before losing out to New Zealand rivals, the . Throughout 2015 Tokolahi largely played the role of second-half replacement, starting only 5 of 17 games and this was a trend that continued through 2016. Faced with fierce competition in the shape of; Mitchell Graham, Kane Hames, Hiroshi Yamashita and Atu Moli, Tokolahi could only manage 3 starts to complement 8 substitute appearances as the Chiefs got as far as the Super Rugby semi-finals before being knocked out by eventual champions, the .

Career Honours

Canterbury

National Provincial Championship - 2015, 2016

Super Rugby Statistics

Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red 2015 17 5 12 546 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2016 11 3 8 358 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 28 8 20 904 0 0 0 0 0 0 0