Filo Tiatia

Filo Tiatia is exactly the type of player I gravitate toward — the unglamorous back-row workhorse who lets others grab headlines while doing the brutal, thankless work. Born in Wellington and a Massey University man, he carved his name at the Ospreys before turning to coaching, and his journey to leading Welsh side Dragons RFC speaks to a rare devotion: a life given entirely to the game across hemispheres. I admire how players like him translate hard-earned wisdom into mentorship. There is something deeply satisfying about a forward who understood that rugby is won in the trenches, then passed that lesson on as a coach.

Name (English)

Filo Tiatia

Name (Japanese)

フィロ・ティアティア

Reading

ふぃろ・てぃあてぃあ

Born

June 4, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

Origin

Wellington, New Zealand

Occupation

rugby union player

University

Massey University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2

Tags

• rugby union player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.