He was picked up by the Blues (Super Rugby) for their 2005 Super Rugby campaign, and then signed for Bath Rugby on a year contract following that. After his season with Bath, Taufa'ao moved to Cardiff Blues for their 2006-2007 Celtic League campaign. He was part of the Cardiff teams that won the 2008–09 Anglo-Welsh Cup and the 2009–10 European Challenge Cup. On December 19, 2015 he became the Cardiff Blues most capped player with 183 first class appearances.[4] He made his 250th appearance for the club on 31 December 2017.[2]
Filise finished his career playing for the Cardiff Blues in the Pro14. During his 13 years in Cardiff, Taufa'au amassed 255 appearances, with 9 tries and became a cult figure earning the nickname "The king of Tonga".[5] His final game for the club was the European Rugby Challenge Cup final in Bilbao, which Cardiff won 31-30.
ReferencesEdit
^"Filise begins life after rugby with Dragon Signs".
^ ab"The secret behind the remarkable longevity of this shy 40-year-old about to reach a real rugby landmark". Wales Online. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^"Tongan prop Taufa'ao Filise signs another proffesional [sic] contract at 40-years-old". Stuff. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
taufaʻao, filise, taufa, filise, born, 1977, tongan, rugby, union, footballer, played, over, games, cardiff, blues, taufa, filisebirth, nametaufa, filisedate, birth, 1977, 1977, place, birthmalapo, tongaheight1, weight124, rugby, union, careerposition, propsen. Taufa ao Filise born May 26 1977 is a Tongan rugby union footballer who played over 250 games for the Cardiff Blues Taufa ao FiliseBirth nameTaufa ao FiliseDate of birth 1977 05 26 May 26 1977 age 46 Place of birthMalapo TongaHeight1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Weight124 kg 19 st 7 lb Rugby union careerPosition s PropSenior careerYearsTeamApps Points 20052005 2018Bath RugbyCardiff Blues2255 1 0 45 Super RugbyYearsTeamApps Points 20032005ChiefsBlues04 0 0 International careerYearsTeamApps Points 2001 112004 06TongaPacific Islanders175 5 0 Filise was born in Malapo near Nuku alofa 2 and attended Tupou College He started his professional rugby career in 2000 with Bay of Plenty in the National Provincial Championship 3 He was selected the following year for Tonga and would go on to represent Tonga 17 times including playing at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups Filise would also represent the Pacific Islanders rugby union team in 2004 and 2006 He was picked up by the Blues Super Rugby for their 2005 Super Rugby campaign and then signed for Bath Rugby on a year contract following that After his season with Bath Taufa ao moved to Cardiff Blues for their 2006 2007 Celtic League campaign He was part of the Cardiff teams that won the 2008 09 Anglo Welsh Cup and the 2009 10 European Challenge Cup On December 19 2015 he became the Cardiff Blues most capped player with 183 first class appearances 4 He made his 250th appearance for the club on 31 December 2017 2 Filise finished his career playing for the Cardiff Blues in the Pro14 During his 13 years in Cardiff Taufa au amassed 255 appearances with 9 tries and became a cult figure earning the nickname The king of Tonga 5 His final game for the club was the European Rugby Challenge Cup final in Bilbao which Cardiff won 31 30 References Edit Filise begins life after rugby with Dragon Signs a b The secret behind the remarkable longevity of this shy 40 year old about to reach a real rugby landmark Wales Online 30 December 2017 Retrieved 26 October 2021 Tongan prop Taufa ao Filise signs another proffesional sic contract at 40 years old Stuff 16 August 2017 Retrieved 26 October 2021 Cardiff Blues cardiffblues com Cardiff Blues legend Taufa ao Filise gets his first job after rugby as new life begins Wales Online 4 July 2018 Retrieved 26 October 2021 External links EditCardiff profile ERC Rugby profile Pacific Island players in the Heineken Cup King of Tonga nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Tongan rugby union is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Taufaʻao Filise amp oldid 1175198251, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
