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| Birth name | Amone Afu Fungavaka | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | circa 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Holonga, Tongatapu, Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Amone Afu Fungavaka (born in Holonga, [2] circa 1957) is a former Tongan rugby union player. He played as a hooker.
His first cap for Tonga was during a match against Samoa, at Apia, on 25 August 1982. [3] He also was part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where he played all the three pool stage matches in the tournament. His last international cap for Tonga was against Fiji, at Suva, on 29 August 1987. [4]
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