Asa Amone

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Asa Amone
Personal information
Full nameAasaeli Amone
Born (1966-01-08) 8 January 1966 (age 58) [1]
Tonga
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Fly-half [2]
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1987–88 Tonga 404012
Rugby league
Position Fullback, Wing, Centre, Prop [3] [4]
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1996–97 Halifax Blue Sox 100040
1998–99 Featherstone Rovers 42+1840016
Total60140056
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1995 Tonga 206012
Source: [2] [1]

AasaeliAmone (born 8 January 1966), also known by the nickname "Asa", is a Tongan former dual code international rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played representative rugby union for Tonga, as a fly-half, [2] and representative rugby league (RL) for Tonga, and at club level for Halifax Blue Sox (Heritage No. 1083) and Featherstone Rovers (Heritage No. 765), as a fullback , wing , centre or prop. [3] [5]

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Rugby union

Amone played four times for Tonga in 1987, including twice in the 1987 Rugby World Cup. [2]

Rugby league

He played for Tonga in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. [6]

Asa Amone made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 1 February 1998, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during the 1999 season.

First Division Grand Final appearances

Asa Amone was a playing interchange/substitute in Featherstone Rovers' 22-24 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1998 First Division Grand Final at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on 26 September 1998. [7] He also played for various clubs in New Zealand, and was noted for appearances for the Australian club Orange Hawks. [8] In 2006 he joined the Qantas Cyms team. [9]

As of 2011, he worked in a mine in Western Australia. [10]

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