Joe Apikotoa Salary: How Much Does Joe Apikotoa Make?

Joe Apikotoa Salary: How Much Does Joe Apikotoa Make?

For example, in the UK, the average salary for a professional rugby player is around £100,000 ($137,000) per year. However, top players in the English Premiership can earn up to £500,000 ($685,000) per year, with some highest-paid players earning over £1 million ($1.4 million) per year.

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Sosefo Losino ‘Apikotoa was born on 18 July 1996 and is a rugby union player, who currently plays as a prop for Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand’s domestic National Provincial Championship competition and for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby.

He was born and raised in New Zealand, but represents Tonga internationally, for which he is eligible due to his Tongan descent.

While he was not named in the Wellington Lions squad for the 2015 ITM Cup season, ‘Apikotoa played 5 games off the bench for them that year. He made his Wellington debut on 15 August 2015 against Taranaki.’Apikotoa was named to the Wellington Lions squad in 2016 and 2017 and played 22 games for the province.

In 2017, ‘Apikotoa was selected in the Hurricanes squad for the inaugural Brisbane Global Rugby Tens.

In search of more game time, he moved to Hawke’s Bay the following year and was named in the Magpies squad for the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup season. He played 11 games for the province, that year.

In 2019, ‘Apikotoa played a preseason game for the Highlanders, but it didn’t result in a further call-up by the franchise.

Later that year, ‘Apikotoa had a brief stint in Spain, where he played 9 games for the Basque club Ordizia RE which competes in the Spanish División de Honor de Rugby. He returned home before the end of their season, to look for playing opportunities in New Zealand.

He went back to Hawke’s Bay and was named in the Magpies squad for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup season. During that season, the Magpies won the Ranfurly Shield (taking it off Otago), were successful in three more Ranfurly Shield defenses (against Northland, Manawatu, and Wellington), and won the Mitre 10 Cup Championship, thus securing a well-deserved promotion to the Premiership division. The Magpies held on to the Shield during the entire 2021 Bunnings NPC season, winning all six Ranfurly Shield defenses.

After a successful 2020 season with the Magpies, while not named in the initial Chiefs’ squad for the 2021 Super Rugby season, ‘Apikotoa was signed by the franchise as an injury replacement. He made his Super Rugby debut for the Chiefs on 20 March 2021 against the Hurricanes and played 5 games for the side, that year.

On 9 November 2021, Moana Pasifika announced that the new franchise had signed ‘Apikotoa for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season.

On 4 March 2022, he made his debut for the new franchise – off the bench – in their inaugural Super Rugby game against the Crusaders. He scored his first Super Rugby try in Moana Pasifika’s second game of the season, against the Chiefs, on 19 March 2022.

On 27 May 2022, ‘Apikotoa – who is of Tongan descent – was named in the Tongan national team for the 2022 Pacific Nations Cup and the Asia/Pacific qualification match for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. He made his international test debut for Tonga on 2 July 2022 against Fiji.

In 2013, ‘Apikotoa played for the New Zealand Residents U18 team and played two tests against Australian Secondary Schools XIII.  A year later, he was selected again and played two tests against the New South Wales-based Taurahere Kiwis.