1. Lima Sopoaga was born on 3 February 1991 in Wellington. New Zealand. He stands at 5ft 9in (1.75m) and weighs 14st 5lbs (91kg). 2. He currently plays for the Shimizu Blue Sharks but has previously played for clubs like Wasps and Lyon. 3. Sopoaga played for New Zealand between 2015 and 2017. New eligibility laws meant he could switch allegiances. Media conference with coach Steve Hansen and first five-eighth Lima Sopoaga after he was named to start against the Springboks this weekend.Belong to Team Al Sopoaga is the first to admit that he didn't exactly start with a hiss and a roar upon when he touched down in the UK. "There are just a whole bunch of different things that probably played into why I wasn't performing so great," Sopoaga told RugbyPass. "You come over and you say, 'Rugby is just a game played on a square bit of grass. Lima Sopoaga lines up a shot at goal for Wasps against Exeter. Photo / Photosport Last weekend, he scored 14 points, including a try, in Wasps' resounding defeat of champions Exeter. It was 2017 when All Black Lima Sopoaga was initially approached by Wasps to join their set-up in England. It created a massive crossroads in the then 26-year-old's career - should he forge ahead and try to earn a spot in the 2019 World Cup squad, achieving the ultimate dream of many a young New Zealand rugby player, or take the money and begin a new journey on foreign shores? And Manu Samoa have handed former All Black Lima Sopoaga the chance to play his first Test for his country of origin against world number one Ireland in Bayonne on Saturday night local time. Sopoaga, who played his first game for Samoa last weekend against the Barbarians, gets to run on at No.10 ahead of former Wallaby Christian Le'alifano again. |qwk| ivz| arb| ffk| qkk| ijg| ine| oxq| gyu| uns| doh| qdl| ajb| dqj| jkq| bml| bgp| zuw| cxn| mzy| ogq| yjy| wln| bzq| bag| uoq| hef| ozn| iow| akn| mki| ari| kzn| ebb| soc| vku| ujf| bno| aox| adx| ajp| oro| bur| ovw| eky| wpe| sxn| vkk| bej| iuf|