Tetera Faulkner
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Profile
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Height:
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178cm
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Weight:
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117kg
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Date Of Birth:
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26/07/1988
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Place of Birth:
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Tauranga, NZ
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Rugby Career
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Senior Club:
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Wanneroo (WA) / Southern Districts (NSW)
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Stats
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Super Rugby Caps:
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14 (Force)
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Super Rugby Debut:
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2011 v Rebels, Melbourne
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Profile
Tetera Faulkner is a supremely strong athlete that continues to forge his way towards regular Super Rugby representation. The Kiwi-born front-rower is a technically outstanding scrummager and proved up to the task against an All Black front row in his first run-on start for the Emirates Western Force against the Crusaders last season. The well-travelled loosehead, whose quiet personality belies his destructive rugby ability, played his junior rugby in Melbourne before linking with the Brumbies and Waratahs Academies, and finding a home at the Emirates Western Force. The former Australian Schoolboys, Under 19 and Under 20 representative initially signed a two-year deal for the 2012 and 2013 Super Rugby seasons but was rushed into the side to make his debut in 2011 due to injuries.
Timeline
2006
Called into the Australian Schoolboys side that defeated Fiji Under 18 (15-3) but went down to NZ Schools, 18-8.
2007
Joins the Brumbies Academy; starts in four of the five matches for the Australian side that finishes third – defeating Wales, 25-21 in the play-off – at the IRB Under 19 World Championship; awarded ACT Under 19 Player of the Year.
2008
Member of the Brumbies Academy; member of the Australian Under 20 side that finishes fifth at the inaugural IRB Junior World Championship in Wales; represents Tuggeranong in Canberra’s John I Dent Cup.
2009
Spends a year away from rugby working as a labourer in Melbourne.
2010
A member of the Southern Districts side that finishes second in Sydney’s Shute Shield, but is knocked out by eventual premiers Sydney University (36-20) in their preliminary final.
2011
Member of the Waratahs Academy; signs with the Emirates Western Force until 2013; joins the Emirates Western Force on a short-term contract as injury cover; makes his Super Rugby debut off the bench against the Rebels in Week 18.
2012
Starts at loosehead prop for Emirates Western Force A against the Australian Barbarians, West Harbour, and Rebel Rising; makes his run-on debut against the Crusaders in Week 18; plays three Super Rugby matches for the Emirates Western Force; scores eight tries for Wanneroo in Pindan Premier Grade; starts at loosehead prop for Southern Districts in their 15-14 Shute Shield grand final loss to Sydney University.