Antonio J. Shalfoon (born 10 August 1997) is a

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player who plays for in the

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and the in

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. His position is

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Shalfoon was named in the 2019 squad and played 6 games in the 2019 season. In 2020 he was named in the

Tasman Mako The Tasman Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, a bay at the north end of the South Island in New Zealand. Headquartered in Nelson, TRU is New Zealand's newest provincial union, founded in 2006 with ...

squad for the

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. He missed the season with injury as the Mako went on to win their second premiership title in a row. Shalfoon made his debut for the side in Round 1 of the

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against , starting at number 5 in a 14-27 win for Tasman - while also becoming Mako number 200. In just his third match for Tasman Shalfoon captained the side against at Trafalgar Park in a non competition match, the Mako coming away with the win 26–9. Tasman went on to make the premiership final in 2021 before losing 23–20 to .

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