TJ Faiane

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 before moving to Japan, where he now plays for Secom Rugguts, 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 dynamism to his style that I find genuinely thrilling, and I would happily watch him carve up a defensive line any weekend.

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Name (English)

TJ Faiane

Name (Japanese)

TJ・ファイアネ

Reading

TJ・ふぁいあね

Born

August 24, 1995 (age 31)

Origin

Auckland, New Zealand

Occupation

rugby union player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

University

Saint Kentigern College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TJ%20Faiane
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21621270

Tags

• rugby union player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.