Jonathan Taumateine rugby player
Jonathan Taumateine rugby player

Jonathan Taumateine

28th Sep 1996 1.78m/90kg Scrum Half

Pacific Nations Cup | Samoa

4 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Number of tournaments: 16 (2006-2023)Best finish: Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2022)Most points in a match: 53 (53-9 v Japan, June 2006)Biggest win: 47 (50-3 v Tonga, June 2007)Did You Know? Samoa were...

Taumateine re-signs with Moana Pasifika

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Moana Pasifika is excited to announce that savvy halfback Jonathan Taumateine has extended his contract with Moana Pasifika for another season. The 27-year-old will return for his fourth year with the...

Moana Pasifika name team to clash with Crusaders

6 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Moana Pasifika have named their side to face the Crusaders in their final regular season match of 2024 DHL Super Rugby Pacific.  The match holds important playoff implications with this weekend’s...

Super Rugby Pacific 2024 Teams: All the team news for Round 11

7 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The race to the finals begins as Round 11 shapes as a crucial weekend for the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season. It begins in Wellington when the ladder-leading Hurricanes look to bounce back against the...

Super Rugby Pacific - Round 10 Teams

7 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

ANZAC Round Weekend brings the Australian and New Zealand teams together for a series of crucial matches as the race to the finals begins.   It starts in Christchurch as the Crusaders host the Melbourne...

Moana Pasifika gear up to take the 2024 season by storm

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

A new wave of Moana Pasifika talent is set to light up DHL Super Rugby Pacific in 2024.  Twenty newly contracted players headline the 38-man squad. The team boasts 19 players that featured at...

Samoa: Rugby World Cup 2023 review

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Samoa may only have won one game at Rugby World Cup 2023, but their two losing bonus points in their three losses showed how close they were to getting out of a difficult Pool D at Rugby World Cup 2023   Abiding...

Match Preview: England v Samoa

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

It’s all about Samoa in Lille. England will finish first in Pool D and have qualified for the quarter-finals whatever the result here.  Not that England are taking any chances. Head coach Steve...

Big changes to the pack - Samoa name team to play England

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Samoa head coach names an all-new front-row of Jordan Lay, Sama Malolo (pictured in action against Japan) and captain Michael Alaalatoa and a new second-row of Sam Slade and Brian Alainu’u’ese...

Match Preview: Japan v Samoa

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

There’s a lot at stake when Japan face Samoa at Stadium de Toulouse on Thursday. Two sides’ quarter-final hopes are on the line in a ferociously tight Pool D, in which a single point separates...