‘Scouted on Facebook’ – 5 rugby players who took strange routes to become Internationals

#5. Siua Maile (Tonga)

He was scouted playing amateur rugby by the Tongan coaches on Facebook after an injury crisis at hooker in 2019 and was suddenly thrust into the starting XV to face New Zealand. Prior to his World Cup call-up, he served as a roofer in Christchurch.

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