Allan Alaalatoa

A strong scrummaging tight head front row forward, Allan Alaalatoa has followed in the footsteps of his father Vili who represented Manu Samoa at the 1991 Rugby World Cup.

Allan corner-stoned the Newington College 1st XV scrum for two seasons (2010-11), the second as captain, and from there represented his country at both schools and aged levels. Alaalatoa was such a talent that he won selection to three successive IRB Junior World Championships with the Australian U20s.

He signed with the ACT Brumbies in 2014 and made a surprise debut, as a replacement, in the Super Rugby qualifying final against the Chiefs in Canberra. In 2016, Alaalatoa came off the bench to make his Test debut against New Zealand in Sydney and later that same year made his run-on debut, against France at Stade de France. His 2018 started on the wrong foot when he was ruled out of the home series against Ireland however, he returned to be capped in all but one of the year’s final 10 Tests.

Since attending his first Rugby World Cup in 2019 Alaalatoa has firmly entrenched his position in the Wallabies’ match day squad with 27 caps from 34 Tests and those missed were solely due to family matters or concussion. In 2020 Alaalatoa was named captain of the Brumbies from where he led the side to victory in the inaugural Super Rugby Australia competition, their first Super title since 2004.

Two years later Alaalatoa claimed a third Brett Robinson (Brumbies) Players' Player of the Year Award before he was named as the 85th captain of Australia, against Italy in Florence. That day, Allan and his brother Michael became first set of brothers to captain two different countries at Test level. In early 2023 Alaalatoa signed a four-year deal to remain in Australian rugby through to RWC27. Since then, he has played an important role in the Wallabies' scrum and cemented his importance to the Brumbies, with ten important tries for the Brumbies in the last two editions of Super Rugby Pacific. Alaalatoa would play the opening two matches of the British & Irish Lions series before an injury ruled him out of the third test in Sydney,