Yoram Moefana

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Yoram Moefana
Yoram Moefana (cropped).jpg
Moefana with Bordeaux Bègles in 2022
Date of birth (2000-07-18) 18 July 2000 (age 23)
Place of birthFutuna, Wallis and Futuna
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Current team Bordeaux Bègles
Youth career
2013
2013–2019		 Limoges[1]
Colomiers[1]
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018–2019
2019–		 Colomiers
Bordeaux Bègles		 6
41		 (0)[2]
(45)[2]
Correct as of 10 September 2022
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019–2020
2020–		 France U20
France		 5
7		 (10)[3]
(10)[3]
Correct as of 2 July 2022

Yoram Moefana (born 18 July 2000) is a French rugby union player who plays for Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14 and the French national team. His position is centre.

His uncle is current French international rugby player Sipili Falatea, who plays for Bordeaux Bègles too as a prop.

Early life

Originally from Futuna, Yoram Moefana was born into a rugby household with his uncles Tapu Falatea and Sipili Falatea being professional rugby players.[4] He arrived in Metropolitan France at the age of 13 with his uncle. After having started rugby in Limoges, he joined the Colomiers academy.[5]

Club career

After having made his debut in Pro D2 with Colomiers during the 2018–19 season, Moefana was recruited by Top 14 club Bordeaux Bègles in the summer of 2019.[6]

International career

Yoram Moefana was called by Fabien Galthié to the French national team for the first time in 2020, for the Autumn Nations Cup.[7]

In 2022, he won the 2022 Six Nations Championship and the Grand Slam, scoring a try against Scotland at Murrayfield whereas he was injured for the last game against England at the Stade de France.[8][9]

International tries

International tries
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 February 2022 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland  Scotland 3–12 17–36 2022 Six Nations
2 2 July 2022 Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan  Japan 16–35 23–42 2022 Japan test series

Honours

France

References

  1. ^ a b "Yoram Moefana". competitions.ffr.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Yoram MOEFANA : profile and stats". All.Rugby. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Yoram MOEFANA - Player statistics - International stats". It's Rugby. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  4. ^ Nolan, Lawrence (30 June 2022). "France: Uncle and nephew team up as Fabien Galthie experiments". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Yoram Moefana : "Je n'aurais pas imaginé arriver jusqu'ici"" (in French). Rugby Scapulaire. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Rugby : le jeune Yoram Moefana rejoint le Top 14" (in French). Wallis-et-Futuna la 1ère. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Galthie makes six changes for France ahead of Autumn Nations Cup Final". Autumn Nations Series. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  8. ^ Westerby, John (15 March 2022). "France welcome back Damian Penaud to ease blow of Yoram Moefana injury". The Times. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  9. ^ Schofield, Daniel (19 March 2022). "France win first Six Nations Grand Slam in 12 years as gutsy England fall short in Paris". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

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