 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Havelu, Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel Kilioni (born 22 February 1993) is a Tongan professional rugby union player. [1]
| | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Havelu, Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel Kilioni (born 22 February 1993) is a Tongan professional rugby union player. [1]
Born in Havelu, Tonga, Kilioni is a winger, based in France since 2013. [2] He started as a junior at FC Grenoble and signed a professional contract with the Top 14 club in 2016. Except for one season on loan with US Carcassonne, Kilioni remained in Grenoble until 2020, after which he joined CM Floirac. [3]
Kilioni made his debut for Tonga against Fiji in Suva during the 2016 Pacific Nations Cup and was capped as a substitute a week later against Georgia. He gained a further two caps in 2018, including a match against Wales at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. In 2019, Kilioni was flown to Japan for Tonga's final two World Cup pool matches, replacing injured winger Nafi Tuitavake, who had suffered a broken arm. [4]
The Football Club de Grenoble Rugby (FCG) is a French rugby union club based in Grenoble and founded in 1892.
Jacques Fouroux was a French rugby union player and coach. He captained France when they won the Grand Slam in 1977, and was the manager when the side repeated the feat in 1981 and 1987. Due to his small stature and strong personality, he was nicknamed "Le petit caporal", a reference to Napoléon Bonaparte's nickname.
Olivier Brouzet is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position was at lock. He has played over 70 internationals for France, including being a part of numerous Rugby World Cup squads for France. He has also played for a variety of French and English clubs.
Steven Miimetua Setephano is a New Zealand rugby union player of Cook Islands descent who has represented the Cook Islands national rugby union team. His positions of choice are number 8 or flanker. He has previously played for Waikato and Otago in the National Provincial Championship as well as the Highlanders and Chiefs in the Super Rugby competition. He currently plays for FC Grenoble in the Pro D2.
Olivier Merle is a former French rugby union player. He played as a lock. He was known by several nicknames, including "La Merluche" and "Le Massif Central". He was known for his violent play and after headbutting Ricky Evans the Welsh prop in Paris causing a ruck to collapse on him breaking his ankle, resulted in his being sued successfully in the courts for damages. This was the first case of its kind and BBC video evidence was used in court. After that he never played for France again.
Sona Taumalolo is a former professional rugby union player. He played at prop for Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup competition; the Chiefs in Super Rugby; several French clubs; and the Tonga national team. He retired at the end of the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup season.
Benjamin Vainga Charles Tameifuna is a professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Top 14 club Bordeaux Bègles. Born in New Zealand, he represents Tonga at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
Pieter-Steyn de Wet is a South African rugby union player for Floirac in the French Fédérale 1. His usual position is fly-half.
The 2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup was the eleventh edition of the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, an annual international rugby union tournament. The 2016 title was contested by the Pacific nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. Fiji won title and was undefeated in the two matches the team played.
Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente is a French rugby union club from Angoulême, currently playing in the second level of the country's professional rugby system, Pro D2.
The 2018–19 Top 14 competition was the 120th season of the French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Two new teams from the 2017–18 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 in place of the two relegated teams, Oyonnax and Brive.
The 2019–20 Rugby Pro D2 was the second-level French rugby union club competition, behind the Top 14, for the 2019–20 season. It ran alongside the 2019–20 Top 14 competition; both competitions are operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR).
Rouen Normandie Rugby is a French rugby union club from Rouen, currently playing in the second level of the country's professional rugby system, Pro D2.
Salesi Halaleva Lapota Fifita is a Tongan professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Top 14 club Oyonnax Rugby and the Tonga national team.
Malo Arthur Gusto is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Chelsea and the France national team.
Anthony Alphonse Alves is a rugby union player. He plays as a prop. He was born and raised in France, but is capped by Portugal.
Jordan Michallet was a French rugby union player who played at the fly-half position.
Laurent Leflamand is a French former rugby union international who represented France in eight Test matches from 1996 to 1997.
Tanginoa Palu Halaifonua is a Tongan professional rugby union player.
Sione Anga'aelangi is a Tongan professional rugby union player.