Sione Lauaki
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Sione Tuitupu Lauaki (born 22 June 1981 in Tonga) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays loose forward for the New Zealand All Blacks, with whom he made his debut in 2005 against Fiji. He currently plays for the Chiefs in the Super 14 competition. He is 192cm tall and weighs 118kg. He is the first ever All Black from Auckland's Waitakere College where he made the First XV in 1998.
While playing for the combined Pacific Islanders team in 2004 he scored Test match tries against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. He was one of the two Pacific Islanders player picked for the All Blacks and the other being winger, Sitiveni Sivivatu . He has a brother, Epalahame Lauaki who is a 2nd rower for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League.