Laloa Milford

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Laloaoa Milford
Personal information
Full nameLaloa Milford
Born (1976-09-20) 20 September 1976 (age 47)
Western Samoa
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight83 kg (13 st 1 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionFullback, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996–99 Balmain Tigers 38 18 0 0 72
2000 Wests Tigers 1 1 0 0 4
2001–03
Pia Donkeys
2003
Cronulla Sharks
13 2 0 0 8
Total 52 21 0 0 84
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000 Samoa 4 3 0 0 12
Rugby union
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–05 Aviron Bayonnais
2005–06 Castres Olympique
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

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

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

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

Lord Derby Cup
.

In 2002, Milford played for the

Jim Beam Cup
.

In 2003, he returned to the

Shark Park
. Cronulla lost the match 31-24.

Representative career

Milford played for Samoa in the 2000 World Cup.

Rugby union career

Milford went to France in 2004, signing for rugby union club, Aviron Bayonnais. In 2005 he joined Castres Olympique.

References

  1. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Santa Monica Rugby Club » Men's 1s Shut Out Back Bay". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Loa Milford to Coach USC". USC Rugby - University of Southern California Rugby Football Club - USCRFC. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. ^ "NRL 1999". Rugby League Project.
  5. ^ "Wests Tigers first grade players list". Wests Tigers. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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