Laloaoa Milford is a Samoan former professional

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and

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footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He most recently played

for the

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. He was hired as the head coach for the University of Southern California Rugby Club in August, 2015. He represented

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Rugby league career

Milford started his career with the Sydney Tigers in 1996. Milford made his first grade debut for the club in Round 19 1996 against Manly-Warringah which ended in a 18-0 loss at

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. At the end of 1996, Balmain dropped the "Sydney Tigers" name and reverted to their original name. The club also returned to

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after spending 2 seasons at

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. Milford played 38 games for the club between 1996 and 1999. Milford played in Balmain's final game as a stand-alone entity which was against the

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in Round 26 1999. Balmain lost the match 42-14. In 2000, he joined the squad of the merged

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club, but only played in one first grade match. Between 2001 and 2003 Milford played for the

Pia Donkeys Baroudeurs de Pia XIII are a French Rugby league team based in Pia, Pyrénées-Orientales in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. SM Pia XIII was founded in 1960 and were national champions four times before they dropped out of the Elite 1 division ...

, and in 2001 he played in the final of the

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. In 2002, Milford played for the

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in the

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. In 2003, he returned to the

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, playing for the

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. Milford's final game in the top grade came in Round 19 2003 which was against the

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. Cronulla lost the match 31-24.

Representative career

Milford played for

in the 2000 World Cup.

Rugby union career

Milford went to France in 2004, signing for

club,

Aviron Bayonnais Aviron Bayonnais (AB, ), commonly called Bayonne, is a French rugby union club from Bayonne (''Baiona'' in Basque) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques which competes in the Top 14, the top tier of the National Rugby League (France), French league system. ...

. In 2005 he joined

Castres Olympique Castres Olympique (, ) is a French rugby union club located in the Occitanian city of Castres and is currently competing in the Top 14, the top level of the French league system. Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906. They pla ...

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Milford Laloa
''RugbyRama.fr'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Milford, Laloa 1976 births Living people Samoan rugby league players Samoa national rugby league team players Balmain Tigers players Wests Tigers players Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players Samoan rugby union coaches Samoan rugby union players Baroudeurs de Pia XIII players Rugby league wingers Rugby league fullbacks Samoan expatriate rugby union players in France Samoan expatriate sportspeople in Australia Aviron Bayonnais players Castres Olympique players