Dalton Papalii and Josh Papalii are both professional rugby footballers but they are not related to each other. Dalton Papalii plays as a flanker for Counties Manukau in the Mitre 10 Cup and the Blues in the Super Rugby competition.
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Dalton Papalii went on to captain his school, Saint Kentigern College’s First XV, and won the 2015 Grant Dalton Cup after captaining them to the title by beating Auckland Grammar School in the final.
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In 2015, Dalton Papalii led the New Zealand national schoolboy rugby union team to victory over Australia. Papalii won the Blues Development Player of the Year twice, in 2016 and 2017, the same year in which he made his senior Auckland debut.
In 2018, Dalton Papalii made his Super Rugby debut against the Chiefs as a second-half replacement.
Dalton Papalii was part of the New Zealand U20 squad that won the 2017 Junior World Championship hosted by Georgia. Dalton Papalii became the first Pakuranga player to represent the All Blacks.
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