Yoram Moefana
Yoram Moefana (born 18 July 2000) is a French rugby union player who plays for Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14 and the French national team. His position is centre.
 Moefana in a video with France in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 July 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Futuna, Wallis and Futuna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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His uncle is current French international rugby player Sipili Falatea, who plays for Bordeaux Bègles too as a prop.
Early life
Originally from Futuna, Yoram Moefana was born into a rugby household with his uncles Tapu Falatea and Sipili Falatea being professional rugby players.[4] He arrived in Metropolitan France at the age of 13 with his uncle. After having started rugby in Limoges, he joined the Colomiers academy.[5]
Club career
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.[6]
International career
Yoram Moefana was called by Fabien Galthié to the French national team for the first time in 2020, for the Autumn Nations Cup.[7]
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.[8][9]
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 |
Honours
France
References
- "Yoram Moefana". competitions.ffr.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- "Yoram MOEFANA : profile and stats". All.Rugby. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- "Yoram MOEFANA - Player statistics - International stats". It's Rugby. 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.