Fijian born, Australian international Henry Speight played in Major League Rugby during the 2024 season. He represented Rugby FC LA for his entire MLR career.

Born in Suva, Fiji, Speight attended Queen Victoria School before moving to Hamilton Boys’ High School in New Zealand. He represented the Fiji U19 team in 2007 and then joined Waikato in the Mitre 10 (now the National Provincial Championship, NPC), playing there between 2008-2011 before earning a contract with Super Rugby side the Brumbies in Australia. Speight would represent the Brumbies from 2011-2019, earning over 120 Super Rugby appearances in that time and qualifying to represent Australia internationally through residency. He earned his first international test cap in 2014 and has earned 19 caps for the Wallabies to date, including representing them at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He has also represented his adopted country at Sevens level.

As well as the Brumbies, Speight played with the Canberra Vikings in the NRC between 2014-2017, and Ulster in 2018 as injury replacement in the PRO 14. He moved from the Brumbies to the Queensland Reds in 2020, before heading to France to play with Biarritz, representing them between 2020-2023 in the Top 14, Pro D2, and Challenge Cup competitions.

On 4th June 2024, Rugby FC LA announced that they had signed the then-36yo Speight for the remainder of the 2024 season. This was presumably done prior to the 2024 MLR trade/signing deadline on May 16th. Speight made his debut for RFCLA…

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