13 Facts About Joe Rokocoko

Josevata Taliga "Joe" Rokocoko is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player, who played as a wing.

Joe Rokocoko later played for French clubs Bayonne and Racing 92.

Joe Rokocoko won 68 caps for New Zealand between 2003 and 2010, and scored 46 tries.

Joe Rokocoko later won a scholarship to Saint Kentigern College, where he was a member of the 2001 National Secondary Schools team.

Joe Rokocoko made his first appearance for the All Blacks on 14 June 2003 against England.

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Joe Rokocoko had a high strike rate for the All Blacks, scoring 25 tries in his first 20 tests, and breaking the All Blacks single-season record for test tries previously shared by Jonah Lomu and Christian Cullen—his 17 test tries scored in 2003 equals the world record held by Daisuke Ohata of Japan.

Joe Rokocoko returned to the All Blacks line-up for the 2005 Tri Nations Series, punctuating his comeback with a two-try effort in the All Blacks' pivotal home fixture against South Africa.

Joe Rokocoko scored his first try since the 2007 Rugby World Cup against Italy in June 2009.

Joe Rokocoko played for Aviron Bayonnais for a total of four seasons, where he made a positional switch from wing to centre during his time there.

In July 2015, it was announced that Joe Rokocoko had signed a contract with Racing Metro 92, and will link up with a host of other New Zealanders plying their trade at this club in Paris.

Joe Rokocoko debuted for them on Friday 21 August 2015, where Racing Metro recorded an emphatic victory over Toulon at Stade Mayol in Toulon.

Joe Rokocoko is a cousin of former Auckland Blues and All Black winger Joeli Vidiri and New Zealand sevens player Iliesa Tanivula.

In January 2008, Joe Rokocoko married Beverly Politini, the daughter of Howard Politini, a Major in the Fiji Military, at a wedding attended by a large number of All Blacks.