Daniel Halangahu (born 6 March 1984) is an Australian professional

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assistant coach for

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in the

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competition. He is a former professional player and played primarily as a Out Half and retired in 2015. He is also currently assistant coach for the Auckland Blues.

Personal life

Halangahu was born 6 March 1984 in

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. He grew up in Yass, NSW, a small town 30 mins outside of Canberra. He is of

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n descent. He has an older sister Trish and an older brother Antonio who is club captain at Randwick RFC. Daniel is married to Nadia Marsh.

Early life

Daniel attended Daramalan College in Canberra before attending

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, along with fellow Waratahs

Benn Robinson Benn Robinson (born 19 July 1984) is a former Australian professional rugby union footballer. He played as a loosehead prop for the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super Rugby and for Australia in international matches. He retired from rugby i ...

Dean Mumm Dean Mumm (born 5 March 1984) is an Australian former representative rugby union player. He made fifty-six appearances for the Australia national rugby union team, Wallabies. Background Dean Mumm was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Career Ama ...

, Will Caldwell. He played in The King's School 1st XV rugby team in 2002, which won the GPS title that year.

Representative rugby

In 2008, Halangahu was selected for Australia A to play in the

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References

External links

Waratahs profile

Zebre Squad Index

North Harbour coaches profiles
* 1984 births Living people Australian rugby union players New South Wales Waratahs players Zebre Parma players North Harbour rugby union players Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent Rugby union fly-halves Expatriate rugby union players in Italy Australian expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand Australian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Rugby union players from Newcastle, New South Wales People educated at The King's School, Parramatta RC Narbonne players Australian expatriate rugby union players in France 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub