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Yoram Moefana
Rugby player
Yoram Falatea Mulifenua Pio Moefana (born 18 July 2000) is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Top 14 club Bordeaux Bègles and the France national team.[1] Born into a Futunan family, he started his professional career in 2018.
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| Full name | Yoram Falatea Mulifenua Pio Moefana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (2000-07-18) 18 July 2000 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nouméa, New Caledonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb; 15 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Originally from Futuna, Yoram Moefana was born into a rugby household with his uncles Tapu Falatea and Sipili Falatea being professional rugby players.[2] He arrived in Metropolitan France at the age of 13 with his uncle. After having started rugby in Limoges, he joined the Colomiers academy.[3]
Bordeaux Bègles
After having made his debut in Pro D2 with Colomiers during the 2018–19 season, Moefana was recruited by Top 14 club Bordeaux Bègles in the summer of 2019.[4]
France
Yoram Moefana was called by Fabien Galthié to the French national team for the first time in 2020, for the Autumn Nations Cup.[5]
In 2022, he won the 2022 Six Nations Championship and the Grand Slam, scoring a try against Scotland at Murrayfield whereas he was injured for the last game against England at the Stade de France.[6][7]
List of international tries
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 26 February 2022 | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland |  Scotland |
3–12 | 17–36 | 2022 Six Nations |
| 2 | 2 July 2022 | Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan |  Japan |
16–35 | 23–42 | 2022 Japan test series |
| 3 | 6 October 2023 | Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu, France |  Italy |
50–0 | 60–7 | 2023 Rugby World Cup |
| 4 | 57–7 |
- France
- "Yoram Moefana". competitions.ffr.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- Nolan, Lawrence (30 June 2022). "France: Uncle and nephew team up as Fabien Galthie experiments". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- "Yoram Moefana : "Je n'aurais pas imaginé arriver jusqu'ici"" (in French). Rugby Scapulaire. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- "Rugby : le jeune Yoram Moefana rejoint le Top 14" (in French). Wallis-et-Futuna la 1ère. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- "Galthie makes six changes for France ahead of Autumn Nations Cup Final". Autumn Nations Series. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- Westerby, John (15 March 2022). "France welcome back Damian Penaud to ease blow of Yoram Moefana injury". The Times. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- Schofield, Daniel (19 March 2022). "France win first Six Nations Grand Slam in 12 years as gutsy England fall short in Paris". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- Yoram Moefana at ESPNscrum
- Yoram Moefana at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Yoram Moefana at Olympedia
- France profile at FFR
- Bordeaux Bègles profile
