13 Facts About Mils Muliaina

Junior Malili "Mils" Muliaina was born on 31 July 1980 and is a former professional rugby union player who most recently played for San Francisco Rush in the US PRO Rugby competition.

Mils Muliaina played primarily as a fullback, though he has played as a centre and on the wing.

At international level Mils Muliaina played for New Zealand from 2003 until his retirement after the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Mils Muliaina became only the second All Black to reach 100 caps during the World Cup quarter-final against Argentina in 2011.

Mils Muliaina scored 33 tries for New Zealand and remains among the top 30 highest try scorers in rugby union test history.

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Subsequently, Mils Muliaina played for the NZ Secondary Schools XV, the team winning that year's world championship.

Mils Muliaina repeated this the following year with the world champion Under 19 side, and in 2000 and 2001 was part of the world champion Under 21 teams of those years.

Mils Muliaina joined the Auckland Blues in 2001 and was a part of the Super 12 title-winning team for the Blues in 2003.

Mils Muliaina was part of the All Black squad at the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

Mils Muliaina has played in 11 tournaments for the sevens team, including winning a Commonwealth Games gold medal in 2002 in Manchester.

On 9 October 2011 during the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Mils Muliaina played his 100th game for the All Blacks after starting at fullback against Argentina.

Mils Muliaina retired from the All Blacks squad the following day on 10 October 2011 after achieving his 100th Test cap and returned on 23 October 2011 to claim his gold medal after the All Blacks won the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final.

Mils Muliaina joined the San Francisco Rush midway through the inaugural 2016 season.