Henry Speight

Henry Speight

Full name	Ratu Henry Vao'ofu Speight
Date of birth	25 March 1988
Place of birth	Suva, Fiji
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
School	Queen Victoria School (Fiji) Hamilton Boys High School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2014−	Canberra Vikings	1	(0)
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2008–11	Waikato	34	(40)8t
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2011–	Brumbies	74	(130)
correct as of 28 June 2015.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2014–	Australia	5	(5)
correct as of 27 September 2015.
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
2015	Australia		1

Henry Speight (born 24 March 1988 in Suva, Fiji) is an Fiji-born Australian rugby union fifteens and rugby sevens player who has played for Hamilton Boys' High School team (New Zealand), the Fijian national junior team (2008), the Waikato provincial team (2008–11, New Zealand), and currently plays for the Brumbies in Super Rugby (2011-ongoing) an for the Wallabies. His playing position is wing or centre.

Speight's first taste of pro-rugby came in his final year of school in New Zealand, when representing Hamilton Boys High School he was picked for Waikato making his debut against the Bay of Plenty in 2008.^[1] Speight went on to represent his province over four seasons.^[2] Not eligible for the New Zealand Schoolboys, Speight represented his native Fiji in the same year at the Junior World Cup in Belfast.^[3]

Speight made his Brumbies debut during the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Chiefs^[4] in Canberra. Considered by many to be the best wing playing in Australia it looks likely that Speight will be called up for test duty when he becomes eligible for national selection, on 11 September 2014.^[5]

He is the son of Fijian politician Samisoni Tikoinasau^[4] and the grandson of former Fiji President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo.

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 28 June 2015

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
2011	Brumbies	12	11	1	837	3	0	0	0	15	0	0
2012	Brumbies	16	15	1	1137	8	0	0	0	40	0	0
2013	Brumbies	18	18	0	1377	8	0	0	0	40	0	0
2014	Brumbies	11	11	0	798	3	0	0	0	15	1	0
2015	Brumbies	17	17	0	1316	4	0	0	0	20	0	1
Total		74	72	2	5465	26	0	0	0	130	1	1

References

1. "Young Speight in long-awaited Mooloo debut". Stuff News. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
2. "Surprises in Waikato selections for NPC final". Stuff News. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
3. ACT Brumbies. "Henry Speight Bio". Retrieved 10 August 2013.
4. Makaba, Josefa (16 February 2011). "Brumbies believe Speight's a threat". Fiji Times. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
5. Henry Speight eligible for Wallabies from September

External links

• Brumbies profile
• It's Rugby stats