Patrick Pellegrini
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| Born | 28 September 1998 Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Pellegrini is an Australian born Tongan rugby union fly-half who currently plays for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby.[1] He also plays internationally for Tonga.[2]
Club career
Pellegrini started off playing both rugby league and rugby union when he was younger but opted to focus on union when he was 14.[3]
He represented West Harbour in the Shute Shield, Randwick, and the New South Wales under-20 before coming to England to play for Sevenoaks RFC in Kent.[7][3]
He then signed for Coventry (who play in the RFU Championship) in the summer of 2022 after a successful trial.[1][3] In the 2022–23 season, he scored nine tries in eighteen games (153 points in total).[3][5]
In September 2023, Pellegrini helped Coventry beat Premiership team Saracens in the 2023–24 Premiership Rugby Cup.[8]
On the 5th August 2024, Pellegrini signed with Super Rugby side, Moana Pasifika for the 2025 season.
