Mils Muliaina
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Junior Malili "Mils" Muliaina (born 31 July 1980) is a former professional
Born in Salelesi, Samoa, Muliaina moved with his family to Invercargill, New Zealand, at the age of three. At international level Muliaina played for New Zealand from 2003 until his retirement after the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Muliaina became only the second All Black to reach 100 caps during the World Cup quarter-final against Argentina in 2011. He scored 33 tries for New Zealand and remains among the top 30 highest try scorers in rugby union.
Early career
He first attended
Super Rugby and the All Blacks
Muliaina joined the
On 9 October 2011 during the
Europe
As of 4 May 2014, Mils had signed a one-year contract for Irish provincial region
In July 2015, Muliaina was charged with sexual assault following an incident with a woman in a Cardiff night club.[4] The charge was dropped in October 2015 on evidential grounds.[5]
United States
It was announced in March 2016 that Muliaina would play the upcoming season in the United States in the newly formed PRO Rugby competition. He joined the San Francisco Rush midway through the inaugural 2016 season.[citation needed]
Achievements
- Under 21 Rugby World Champion (2000 & 2001)[6]
- Commonwealth Games Gold Medal, Sevens Rugby (2002)[6]
- IRB Sevens World Series Champion (1999, 2000 & 2001)
- ITM Cup (also known as the National Provincial Championship, NPC) Champion (Auckland: 1999, 2002, 2005; Waikato: 2006)
- Super Rugby Champion (2003 with Blues)
- NZ Super Rugby Player of the Year (2009)[7]
- 106 Super Rugby caps (Blues and Chiefs)
- )
- British & Irish Lions series victory (2005)
- Grand Slam (2005, 2008 & 2010[8])
- IRB Player of the YearNominee (2010)
- Rugby World Cup Champion (2011)
- 100 All Black Test caps (3 as captain)[6]
References
- ^ a b "Stats | allblacks.com". Stats.allblacks.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ Pengelly, Martin (25 March 2016). "All Blacks great Mils Muliaina to play in US professional league". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Connacht sign All Black great Mils Muliaina". Sky Sports. 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Former All Black Mils Muliaina denies sexual assault charge". New Zealand Herald. 3 July 2016.
- ^ "All Black Mils Muliainas relief and anger after sex assault charge dropped". New Zealand Herald. 20 October 2015.
- ^ a b c "Junior Malili Muliaina". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Rugby: 2009 Steinlager Rugby Awards winners full list | RUGBY News". Archived from the original on 22 December 2009.
- ^ "All Blacks pushed by Wales but end with another Grand Slam". Retrieved 8 August 2016.