Theo McFarland
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Full name | Theodore McFarland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 October 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theo McFarland (born 16 October 1995 in Samoa)[1] is a Samoan rugby union player who plays for Saracens in Premiership Rugby. His playing position is lock or flanker. He signed for Saracens in August 2021, having played rugby in Samoa and training with the Samoa Sevens team.[2] McFarland was also signed to Major League Rugby expansion side Dallas Jackals for the 2021 season, before the team delayed their entry to the league.[3] He made his debut for Samoa in July 2021, playing two non-cap internationals against the Māori All Blacks, before winning the first cap against Tonga in the 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers.[4][5]
Reference list[]
- ^ "Theo McFarland". ESPN Rugby. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Samoan international Theo McFarland signs for Saracens". Saracens. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Dallas signs Samoan lock Theo McFarland". Americas Rugby News. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Manu Samoa names 13 new caps to face Māori All Blacks, Tonga". Radio New Zealand. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Samoa Tonga - Rugby World Cup 2023 Qualifying". World Rugby. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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Categories:
- 1995 births
- Samoan rugby union players
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Living people
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union flankers
- Saracens F.C. players
- Samoan rugby union biography stubs