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| Full name | Laloa Milford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 1976 Western Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Laloaoa Milford is a Samoan former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He most recently played rugby union for the Santa Monica Rugby Club.[2] He was hired as the head coach for the University of Southern California Rugby Club in August, 2015.[3] He represented Samoa.
Rugby league career
[edit]Milford started his career with the Sydney Tigers in 1996. Milford made his first grade debut for the club in Round 19 1996 against Manly-Warringah which ended in a 18-0 loss at Brookvale Oval.
At the end of 1996, Balmain dropped the "Sydney Tigers" name and reverted to their original name. The club also returned to Leichhardt Oval after spending 2 seasons at Parramatta Stadium.
Milford played 38 games for the club between 1996 and 1999. Milford played in Balmain's final game as a stand-alone entity which was against the Canberra Raiders at Bruce Stadium in Round 26 1999. Balmain lost the match 42-14.[4]
In 2000, he joined the squad of the merged Wests Tigers club, but only played in one first grade match.[5]
Between 2001 and 2003 Milford played for the Pia Donkeys, and in 2001 he played in the final of the Lord Derby Cup.
In 2002, Milford played for the Cabramatta Two Blues in the Jim Beam Cup.
In 2003, he returned to the National Rugby League, playing for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Milford's final game in the top grade came in Round 19 2003 which was against the New Zealand Warriors at Shark Park. Cronulla lost the match 31-24.
Representative career
[edit]Milford played for Samoa in the 2000 World Cup.
Rugby union career
[edit]Milford went to France in 2004, signing for rugby union club, Aviron Bayonnais. In 2005 he joined Castres Olympique.
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Santa Monica Rugby Club » Men's 1s Shut Out Back Bay". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Loa Milford to Coach USC". USC Rugby - University of Southern California Rugby Football Club - USCRFC. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "NRL 1999". Rugby League Project.
- ^ "Wests Tigers first grade players list". Wests Tigers. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- Laloa Milford at ESPNscrum
- Milford Laloa RugbyRama.fr