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Losilosivale Filipo (born 29 December 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player of Samoan descent.

Early life and education

Filipo hails from Porirua and was a boarder at St Patrick's College, Silverstream. He represented New Zealand under-16s in rugby league and was a New Zealand Schools rugby union player.

When he was 17, Filipo got charged with assaulting four people, two of them female, during a fight in central Wellington. He was discharged without conviction by a district court judge who took into account Filipo's future rugby prospects had he been convicted, a decision that prompted public outcry. Police appealed the ruling to the High Court and Filipo was subsequently sentenced to nine months supervision.

Sporting career

Filipo, an outside back, made his Wellington provincial debut in 2017. He is a former Samoa under-20s captain and in 2019 was named in a New Zealand Sevens development squad. In 2021, Filipo debuted for Samoa in a win over Tonga at Waikato Stadium, which secured the country's qualification for the 2023 World Cup.

See also

• List of Samoa national rugby union players

References

1. "In A League Of His Own". The Dominion Post. 17 October 2012.
2. "Rugby player Losi Filipo quits squad". NZ Herald. 28 September 2016.
3. "Filipo re-sentenced to supervision". Radio New Zealand. 2 November 2016.
4. "Losi Filipo selected for NZ Sevens development squad, three years after assault conviction". 1News. 14 February 2019.
5. "SRU Says Losi Filipo Has Learnt His Lesson". Samoa Global News. 30 October 2019.

External links

• Losi Filipo at ESPNscrum

• 1997 births
• Living people
• New Zealand rugby union players
• Samoa international rugby union players
• New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
• Rugby union wings
• Wellington rugby union players
• People educated at St Patrick's College, Silverstream
• People convicted of assault
• Rugby union players from Porirua
• Sportspeople convicted of crimes
• Moana Pasifika players