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TJ Faiane

TJ・ファイアネ　/　TJ・ふぁいあね

Rugby union player from New Zealand

August 24, 1995 (age 30)　・　Auckland, New Zealand

rugby union player

My Take

TJ Faiane is exactly the kind of midfield back I love watching: the ones who break a line on attack and then make the bone-jarring tackle on defence. Coming out of Auckland and Saint Kentigern College, then playing for Auckland and the Blues in Super Rugby, he carries the pedigree of a country that produces ridiculous quantities of athletic, skilful backs. New Zealand rugby sets a brutal standard, so simply earning regular minutes there is an achievement. There is a Pacific dynamism to his style that I find genuinely thrilling, and I would happily watch him carve up a defensive line any weekend.

Overview

TJ Faiane (born 24 August 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a midfield back for Auckland in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the Blues in the international Super Rugby competition.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): TJ Faiane
Name (Japanese): TJ・ファイアネ
Reading: TJ・ふぁいあね
Born: August 24, 1995 (age 30)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Boar
Origin: Auckland, New Zealand
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: rugby union player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Saint Kentigern College

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/TJ%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8D

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