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Albert Anae
Date of birth	21 June 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	117 kg (18 st 6 lb)
School	Ipswich Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Hooker / Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2011	Sunnybank
Senior career
Years	Team
2014–15	Benetton
2015	Canberra Vikings
2016−2018	Mitsubishi DynaBoars
2022–	Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks
	Correct as of 23 December 2021
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
2013	Bay of Plenty
2021–	Auckland
	Correct as of 26 October 2021
Super Rugby
Years	Team
2011–14	Reds
2016	Brumbies
2021	Rebels
	Correct as of 22 November 2021
International career
Years	Team
2006	Australian Schoolboys
2007	Australia U19
2008–2009	Australia U20
2021–	Samoa
	Correct as of 26 October 2021

Albert Anae (born 21 June 1989) is a rugby union footballer who plays professionally for the Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars in the Japanese Top League. He usually plays as a prop or hooker. Anae previously played for the Queensland Reds,^[2] and Italian club Benetton.

Early life

Of Samoan heritage, Anae was born in Wellington, New Zealand, where he was introduced to rugby at the Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club by his father Sio. He moved to Brisbane with his family at a young age.^[3]

Anae attended Ipswich Grammar School and was selected to represent Queensland at the Australian Schools Rugby Championships as a prop in 2006.^[4] He went on to play for Australian Schools, U19s and U20s.^[1]

Anae was selected to join the Queensland Reds Development tour of Ireland and France at the end of 2007. He made his Australian under-20 debut in 2008 at the inaugural IRB Junior World Championship in Wales.^[1]

Rugby career

Anae played his first Super Rugby match for the Reds against the Hurricanes in Wellington in 2011, the year that the Reds won the Super Rugby Championship. Later that season he played for Sunnybank in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition, defeating Brothers in the grand final.^[2]

In 2012, Anae was selected in the Reds Extended Player Squad (EPS), and developed his skills to be capable of playing all three front-row positions. Following injuries to Saia Fainga'a and James Hanson, he was selected at hooker against the Western Force at Suncorp Stadium in round two.^[5] The Reds won the game 35–20 with Anae excelling when given the opportunity. He finished the season with five caps.^[2]

In 2013, after signing a full-time contract, Anae earned a further eleven caps with the Reds.^[1] He travelled to New Zealand in August of that year to play for Bay of Plenty in the ITM Cup when he was called up to the Wallabies squad to replace the injured Tatafu Polota-Nau.^[3]

Albert played the final game of his Qld Reds career at the conclusion of the 2014 Super 15 regular season. He played for the Benetton club in Italy for a season before returning to Australia in 2015 to play for the Canberra Vikings and Brumbies. He did not make any appearances for the Brumbies and was released during the 2016 Super Rugby season to join Japanese team Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars.^[6]

Reference list

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Wallabies Player Profile". Australian Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Albert Anae Player Profile". QLD Reds. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Dream come true for Anae in Wallabies camp". Rugby Heaven. Fairfax. 8 August 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
^ "2006 Representative Teams". Queensland Rugby Football Schools Union. Archived from the original on 28 August 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
^ Morton, Jim (27 February 2012). "Anae in line for surprise Reds start". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
^ "Anae Granted Release" (Press release). Brumbies. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

Super Rugby statistics

As of 12 June 2021^[1]

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Points
2011	Reds	1	0	1	8	0	0
2012	Reds	4	1	3	107	0	0
2013	Reds	10	1	9	271	0	0
2014	Reds	10	0	10	131	1	5
2016	Brumbies	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021 AU	Rebels	1	0	1	19	0	0
2021 TT	Rebels	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		26	2	24	536	1	5