Pasilio Tosi

Born on 18 July 1998, Pasilio Tosi is a New Zealand forward who fits the modern template for a Super Rugby Pacific loose forward: high work rate, explosive tackling and genuine strength over the ball. Representing the Hurricanes, he brings the kind of defensive intensity that disrupts attacking rhythm, repeatedly putting himself in front of ball-carriers and contesting possession at the ruck. Tosi is at his most valuable as a defensive enforcer, slowing opposition recycling and forcing the breakdown penalties and turnovers that can swing momentum, while also offering a powerful carrying option when his side needs to gain ground through the tight channels. Physically robust and combative by nature, he embodies the competitive edge that has long characterised forwards from the region. As he continues to log minutes in one of the toughest competitions in the world, Tosi has shown the appetite for collision work and the engine for an eighty-minute shift that mark out a forward built to make life uncomfortable for the opposition.