Inoke Afeaki

Inoke Afeaki (born 12 July 1973 in Tofoa, Tongatapu) is a Tongan rugby union footballer. His usual position is at lock. He is currently the Technical Director at the Singapore Rugby Union.[1]

Inoke Afeaki

Date of birth	July 12, 1973
Place of birth	Tofoa, Tongatapu
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
University	Victoria University of Wellington
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–96 1997–98 1999–01 2002–04 2005–07 2007–09 2009–11 Wellington Ricoh Wellington Secom Rugguts Scarlets Grenoble Saint-Étienne 89 50 40 24 (85) (20) (5) (5) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1996 1999–01 Hurricanes Hurricanes 4 31 (0) (5) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–07 Tonga 24 (15) Teams coached Years Team 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012- Saint-Étienne Poneke RFC & WRFU Singapore Rugby Union

Career

Afeaki has played for the Wellington Lions in the National Provincial Championship, the Hurricanes in the international Super 14 competition, Secom and Ricoh in Japan before joining the Scarlets in Wales. He represented Grenoble in the French Pro D2. He captained Tonga at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He signed for Saint Etienne in 2009.[2]

In 1986-90, he attended St Bernard's College in Wellington, in 1991 and 1992 he played for the Wellington under 19 and 21 teams respectively. He played for Petone from 1992 through to 1999, and the Wellington Lions from 1993–96 and again from 1999-01. He made his Super 12 debut for the Hurricanes in 1996,[3] in the first season. After being dumped from the team in 1996, he played in Japan from 1997-98,[4] then returned to the Hurricanes from 1999 to 2001. He went back to Japan in 2002 and played there until 2005.

International career

He made his debut for Tonga on May 26, 1995 in a match against France, coming on as a replacement in Pretoria during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. He also played in two other matches during the tournament, in the starting line-up, against Scotland and Côte d'Ivoire.

He next played for Tonga in November 2001 when he started against Scotland at Murrayfield Stadium. He captained them in their next match against Wales, in which he scored a try. He retained the captaincy for the following season and played four matches for Tonga in 2002. Following captaining them in a number of internationals in 2003, he then led Tonga at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. In 2004 he was the captain of the Pacific Islanders rugby union team that played a series of matches against southern nations.

References

1. Rich Freeman (20 May 2014). "SINGAPORE: A SMALL ISLAND WITH BIG AMBITION". State News Service – via Gale OneFile.
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3. David Ogilvie (8 December 1995). "Afeaki sweeps into Hurricanes squad". The Dominion-Post. p. 34 – via EBSCOHost.
4. Jim Kayes (12 August 1998). "Standard of domestic rugby higher - Afeaki". The Dominion-Post. p. 41 – via EBSCOHost.

External links

• Inoke Afeaki on teivovo.com