Nepo Laulala

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nepo Laulala
Occupation	Rugby Union Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 11, 1991(1991-06-11)
Age	33
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Motootua
Horoscope	Gemini

Nepo Laulala Biography

Nepo Laulala is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Union Player who was born on June 11, 1991 in Motootua, New Zealand. Nepo Eti (born 6/11/1991) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays as a Tighthead Pro for Counties Manukau Steelers, the Chiefs Super Rugby, and for the national All Blacks. His international debut was in 2015. He was part of New Zealand’s 2019 Rugby World Cup team and has been a regular starter since 2017. Laulala has not scored any points for New Zealand during his international career.

Laulala was chosen to be part of the 41-man All Blacks training squad. Laulala made New Zealand’s debut in the first match against Manu Samoa in Apia, on July 8. He replaced Owen Franks on the bench in the 57th minutes. The All Blacks won against Manu Samoa 25-16. In 2015, he played 3 more tests for the All Blacks off the bench but was not selected for the Rugby World Cup 2015.

Due to a run of injuries, Laulala was not selected for the All Blacks again until the 2017 Rugby Championship. He was a last-minute selection for the second Bledisloe Cup test against Australia (a 35-29 win to New Zealand), after 95-test veteran Owen Franks tore his Achilles tendon the day before the match. Laulala’s 61-minute performance was widely acclaimed after winning several opposing scrums for the All Blacks. Laulala became a regular starter for New Zealand in Franks’ absence, and started in every remaining test of the year following Franks’ injury, making a total of nine test appearances for the All Blacks in 2017.

Laulala returned to Super Rugby in 2017 and started in most games for the Chiefs that year, including a 64-minute performance in the game against the touring British and Irish Lions on 20 June 2017, which the Chiefs lost 34-6.

In 2013, Laulala played his Super Rugby debut against the Chiefs. In 2015, Laulala declared that the Chiefs would be his new team for 2016.

Nepo Laulala Net Worth

Nepo Laulala is one of the richest Rugby Union Player from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nepo Laulala 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Laulala’s brothers Luteru Laulala (Casey Laulala) and Luteru Laulala, have had professional rugby careers. Casey, a former All Black who last played international rugby back in 2006, is also an ex-All Black. One of the 57 sets that have become All Blacks is made up of the Laulala brothers.

Laulala’s ITM cup debut was in 2011, when he played in a Ranfurly Shield defense against North Otago. His performances in his province saw him included in the Crusaders squad of the 2013 Super Rugby season.

Laulala had a serious knee injury at the start of the 2016 season, so did not play for the Chiefs, or the All Blacks for the whole of 2016, with All Black teammates Nehe Milner-Skudder, Charlie Ngatai and James Broadhurst, missing the 2016 All Black season too.

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On 28 August, All Blacks Head Coach, Steve Hansen named Laulala as one of 31 players in New Zealand’s squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. With Owen Franks missing out on the squad entirely, the selection of Laulala and Angus Ta’avao received widespread news coverage. Franks claimed that Laulala and Ta’avao “deserve their places in the World Cup squad”.

Facts & Trivia

Nepo Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby Union Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Nepo Laulala celebrates birthday on June 11 of every year.

With All Black teammate, Angus Ta’avao, also present in the Chiefs’ squad for the 2019 Super Rugby season, Laulala started many matches across the season, although he was benched for their quarter-final, which was a 16-21 loss to the Buenos Aires-based Jaguares.