Filipo Daugunu

Filipo Daugunu (born 4 March 1995) is a rugby union player who plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition. His position of choice is wing.[1] Fijian-born, Daugunu moved to Australia in 2016 at the age of 20 to pursue a professional sporting career. He was selected to play international rugby for Australia in October 2020.[2]

Filipo Daugunu
Daugunu during a match representing Queensland Country, September 2017
Date of birth (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995
Place of birthLabasa, Fiji
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
SchoolLabasa Sangam College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing/Centre
Current team Rebels
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–2019 Queensland Country 21 (106)
2018–2023 Reds 69 (120)
2024– Rebels ()
Correct as of 24 June 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015 Fiji U20 4 (14)
2020– Australia 7 (10)
Correct as of 11 May 2021

Early career

Daugunu started his sporting career playing football for his local district football team, Labasa Football. He played both as a goalkeeper and a striker, and became a regular in the Labasa team in 2013.

In 2015, Daugunu gave up an association football career to play rugby union,[3] representing Fiji Under-20 at the World Rugby Junior Trophy in Portugal.[4] He was involved with the Fiji 7s program in 2016,[3] but opted out of joining the team to play on the world circuit.[5] He moved to Brisbane, Australia and began playing club rugby there.[5]

Daugunu gained significant attention in Queensland Premier Rugby after scoring sixty-six points from eleven appearances for Wests Bulldogs in 2017. After helping Wests to their first finals appearance in ten years, losing 24–22 to Sunnybank in the semi-finals, he was recruited to play in the National Rugby Championship (NRC) for Queensland Country.

Daugunu scored seventy-one points in just eight appearances for Queensland Country on the way to club's first national title. He scored a hat-trick in the final against the Canberra Vikings which was instrumental to Country's 42–28 win.[6][7]

Super Rugby

Because of his performances in the NRC, the Queensland Reds signed him in late 2017 to join their squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season.[8][9]

International tries

As of 20 November 2021[10]

Try Opposing team Location Venue Competition Date Result Score
1  New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Sky Stadium 2020 end-of-year rugby union internationals 11 October 2020 Draw 16 – 16
2  Wales Cardiff, Wales Principality Stadium 2021 Autumn Nations Series 20 November 2021 Loss 29 – 28

Super Rugby statistics
As of 24 June 2023[11]
SeasonTeam Apps Start Sub Mins T C PG DG Pts YC RC
2018Reds 1411391362103700
2019Reds 7613960000000
2020Reds 303600000000
2020 AUReds 1010079460003010
2021 AUReds 85345240002000
2021Reds 54133220101310
2022Reds 108267420001010
2023Reds 1210278720001000
Total 6954154,4082022012030

References
  1. "Filipo Daugunu". www.redsrugby.com.au. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. Woods, Melissa (12 October 2020). "Daugunu makes memorable Wallabies debut". 7 News. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021.
  3. "Reds sign ex-Fijian soccer player Filipo Daugunu". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. "Filipo Daugunu – international career". It's Rugby. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  5. Mele, Kalesi (16 February 2016). "On the radar". The Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  6. "New Fiji sensation Filipo Daugunu leads Queensland Country to NRC success". Sport 360. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  7. "Match Report". Rugby.com.au. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  8. "Filipo Daugunu converts NRC form into Super Rugby contract with Queensland Reds". The Courier Mail. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  9. "Filipo Daugunu signs for Queensland Reds". Fiji TV. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  10. "Filipo Suraki Daugunu". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  11. "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.
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