Dwayne E. Polataivao (born 30 July 1990)^[1] is a Samoan rugby union player. A scrum-half, he played for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby in 2022.^[2] He has also represented Samoa internationally.^[3][4][5]

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Dwayne was educated at De La Salle College, Māngere East.^[6]

He started his professional career playing for the Auckland in 2015,^[1] and was first selected for the Samoa national team in 2016.^[7]

He joined the Doncaster Knights in 2019.^[1][8]

He was selected for the Samoa national squad ahead of the 2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup.^[1]

In September 2020 he was named in the Tasman Mako squad for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup.^[9] He played 7 games for the Mako in the 2020 season as they won their second premiership title in a row.^[10]

Polataivao was named in the Moana Pasifika squad to play the Maori All Blacks in late 2020, coming off the bench and scoring a try in a 28-21 loss.^[11]