Laloifi represented Victoria at the Australian Schools Rugby Championships, and was selected for the Australia 'A' Schools team in 2012.[2] He also represented Australia in rugby sevens later that year. Laloifi joined the Sunnybank rugby club in 2013 and played in the Queensland Premier Rugby grand final in 2014.[3]
He was selected for the {{Rut Brisbane City}} team in the inaugural National Rugby Championship (NRC) in 2014, and went on to score the winning try in the team's grand final win over Perth at Ballymore that year.[4] In his second season with Brisbane, Laloifi was the NRC competition's leading try scorer, claiming 14 tries in the regular season.[5] In November 2015, Laloifi was selected as the 'Ballymore Kid' from a pool of forty eligible players in Queensland's NRC teams and he signed a contract with the Queensland Reds for the 2016 Super Rugby season.[[7]]
References
1. ^1 {{cite news |date = 23 October 2014 |first = Luke |last = Pentony |title = Junior Laloifi set to push for a Reds' Super Rugby debut after National Rugby Championship form |work = Australian Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate = 24 October 2015 |url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-23/junior-laloifi-set-to-push-for-a-reds27-super-rugby-debut-afte/6880738 |deadurl = no |archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/6cWx2yAXj?url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-23/junior-laloifi-set-to-push-for-a-reds27-super-rugby-debut-afte/6880738 |archivedate = 25 October 2015 |df = }}
2. ^1 {{cite news |date = 17 August 2014 |first = Jim |last = Tucker |title = Tom Pincus lands long-range penalty goal on fulltime to give University victory in grand final |work = The Courier-Mail |accessdate = 24 October 2015 |url = http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=326575 |deadurl = no |archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/6cWwB7xyF?url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/rugby/tom-pincus-lands-longrange-penalty-goal-on-fulltime-to-give-university-victory-in-grand-final/story-fnii0ksb-1227027394067?sv=3c37e6d9c7e7df7355de68205b6e3d9c&nk=b49c5f2cc19a711a8f6b1fd466354d89-1445732897 |archivedate = 25 October 2015 |df = }}
3. ^1 {{cite news |date= 1 November 2014 |title= Brisbane City down Perth Spirit win inaugural National Rugby Championship |work= The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate= 24 October 2015 |url= http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/brisbane-city-down-perth-spirit-win-inaugural-national-rugby-championship-20141101-11fkyd.html }}
4. ^1 {{cite web |date=2015 |title=Stats |publisher=Australian Rugby |accessdate=24 October 2015 |url=http://www.buildcorpnrc.com.au/FixturesandStats/2015Statistics.aspx |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025010632/http://www.buildcorpnrc.com.au/FixturesandStats/2015Statistics.aspx |archivedate=25 October 2015 |df= }}
5. ^1 {{cite web |date= 2014 |title= The Nurseries of Australian Schoolboys' Rugby |website = Australian Schools Rugby |accessdate= 24 October 2015 |format= PDF 2.7 MB |url= http://www.schoolsrugby.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AUSTRALIAN-SCHOOLBOYS-LISTING-BY-YEAR-2014.pdf |deadurl= no |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151024235823/http://www.schoolsrugby.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AUSTRALIAN-SCHOOLBOYS-LISTING-BY-YEAR-2014.pdf |archivedate= 24 October 2015}}