Afa Amosa

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Afa Amosa
Birth nameAfaesetiti Amosa
Date of birth (1990-10-11) 11 October 1990 (age 34)
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight17 st 8 lb (246 lb; 112 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8
Current team Aviron Bayonnais
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012–2013 Bizkaia Gernika 28? (>55)
2013–2015 Colomiers 49 (25)
2015–2018 La Rochelle 65 (60)
2018–2021 Bordeaux 27 (35)
2021– Bayonne 1 (5)
Correct as of 13 September 2019 [1]
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019 Samoa 4 (10)
Correct as of 13 September 2019

Afaesetiti Amosa (born 11 October 1990) [2] is a Samoan rugby player for Aviron Bayonnais in France's Top 14, the highest level of French rugby. His primary position is number 8.

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Career

Born in Samoa Amosa moved to Australia at the age of four, [3] and played his junior rugby for Moorabin Rugby Club in Melbourne, featured for the Brumbies Academy side before returning to Melbourne to play for the Melbourne Rebels academy side. [4]

In August 2012 Amosa moved to Bizkaia Gernika in Spain's División de Honor de Rugby, [3] they also competed in the 2012–13 European Challenge Cup where Amosa played in 6 games. He caught the eye of US Colomiers' coach Bernard Goutta and moved to the Pro D2 side that summer. [3] After two years in Colomiers he was due to sign for Toulon, [4] but the transfer fell through and in September 2015 after starting the season with Colomiers he moved to Top 14 side La Rochelle. [3]

On 25 March 2018 it was announced he had signed for Union Bordeaux Bègles on a two-year contract. [5]

On 15 February 2021 it was announced he had signed for Aviron Bayonnais as medikal joker to help staying the club on Top14 ( actually they are in the thirteenth place ). In his first match against the Toulon, Afa made a try and the basque club won the match.

On 23 August 2019, Amosa was named in Samoa's 34-man training squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, [6] before being named in the final 31 on 31 August. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "ItsRugby Profile". ItsRugby. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "ESPN profile". ESPN. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Top 14 - Melbourne, Guernica, Colomiers, La Rochelle… L'étonnante ascension de Afa Amosa". RugbyRama (in French). 23 October 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Afa Amosa contracted to Toulon". Moorabin Rugby Club. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "UBB : Douglas, Amosa, Seuteni et Delboulbès s'engagent". France Bleu (in French). 25 March 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Airey, Thomas (23 August 2019). "Alalatoa headlines Manu Samoa pre-World Cup squad". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Two uncapped players in Samoa squad for Japan". rugbyworldcup.com. Rugby World Cup. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.


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