Filipo Daugunu (born 4 March 1995) is a rugby union player who plays for the Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby competition. His position of choice is wing.^[1] Fijian-born, Daugunu moved to Australia in 2016 at the age of 20 to pursue a professional sporting career. He was selected to play international rugby for Australia in October 2020.^[2]

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Filipo Daugunu

Daugunu during a match representing Queensland Country, September 2017
Date of birth	(1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Labasa, Fiji
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
School	Labasa Sangam College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing/Centre Current team Rebels Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2017–2019 Queensland Country 21 (106) 2018–2023 Reds 69 (120) 2024– Rebels 5 (20) Correct as of 5 April 2024 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2015 Fiji U20 4 (14) 2020– Australia 7 (10) Correct as of 11 April 2023

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Daugunu started his sporting career playing football for his local district football team, Labasa Football. He played both as a goalkeeper and a striker, and became a regular in the Labasa team in 2013.

In 2015, Daugunu gave up an association football career to play rugby union,^[3] representing Fiji Under-20 at the World Rugby Junior Trophy in Portugal.^[4] He was involved with the Fiji 7s program in 2016,^[3] but opted out of joining the team to play on the world circuit.^[5] He moved to Brisbane, Australia and began playing club rugby there.^[5]

Daugunu gained significant attention in Queensland Premier Rugby after scoring sixty-six points from eleven appearances for Wests Bulldogs in 2017. After helping Wests to their first finals appearance in ten years, losing 24–22 to Sunnybank in the semi-finals, he was recruited to play in the National Rugby Championship (NRC) for Queensland Country.

Daugunu scored seventy-one points in just eight appearances for Queensland Country on the way to club's first national title. He scored a hat-trick in the final against the Canberra Vikings which was instrumental to Country's 42–28 win.^[6][7]

Because of his performances in the NRC, the Queensland Reds signed him in late 2017 to join their squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season.^[8][9]

International tries

As of 20 November 2021^[10]

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Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result	Score
1	New Zealand	Wellington, New Zealand	Sky Stadium	2020 end-of-year rugby union internationals	11 October 2020	Draw	16 – 16
2	Wales	Cardiff, Wales	Principality Stadium	2021 Autumn Nations Series	20 November 2021	Loss	29 – 28

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As of 24 June 2023^[11]