Fa'atonu Fili
| Date of birth | 31 August 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fa'atonu Fili (born 31 August 1981) is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half.
Fili played his first the Samoa national rugby sevens team in 2001, and later played at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth games.[1] He later played for the Samoa national rugby union team at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. After years of obscurity he played rugby for Wellington Lions in the Air New Zealand Cup in 2009, becoming 1st choice fly half and earning a recall for Samoa. He continued this late revival in his career, again playing for Wellington in 2010 and 2014.[2] Fili was also named in the 1999 RWC squad although he did not play any games.
Fili joined the Kandy Sports Club in the Sri Lankan Domestic Rugby Season 2013-2014.
In 2017 he played his 200th game for Marist St Pats.[3]
In 2019 a Wellington rugby sevens tournament was named after him.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Inaugural Fa'atonu Fili 7s this weekend". Club Rugby. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Fa'atonu Fili a late addition to the Lions squad". Marist St Pats Rugby. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Fa'atonu Fili brings up 200 for Marist St Pats". WRFU. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- Fa'atonu Fili at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Fa'atonu Fili profile at IRB 2003 World Cup official website
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- 1981 births
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- New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
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