David Feao

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David Feao
Full nameDavid Feao
Date of birth (1990-06-10) 10 June 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Brisbane, Australia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight128 kg (20 st 2 lb; 282 lb)
School Brisbane State High School
Notable relative(s) Willie Feʻao (father)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014 Brisbane City 8 (0)
2015 NSW Country Eagles 5 (5)
2016–2017 La Rochelle [1] 16 (0)
2018 Narbonne 11 (5)
2018–2019 Leicester Tigers 12 (5)
Correct as of 15 May 2019
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010 Tonga U20 4 (0)
2018–present Tonga 3 (0)
Correct as of 23 June 2018

David Feao (born 6 October 1990) is a rugby union player who plays at prop for Tonga. He has previously played for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby.

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Family and early life

David Feao was born in Brisbane, Australia. He attended Brisbane State High School and was selected for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in 2008. [2] Feao played his club rugby for Souths in Brisbane. [3] His father, Willie Feao, had played for Tonga at the 1995 Rugby World Cup. [4]

Rugby career

As a 19-year-old, Feao played in the 2009 Queensland Premier Rugby grand final for Souths Rugby Club, where the team was runner-up to Brothers. [4] The following year he played for the Tonga U-20 team at the 2010 Junior World Championship. [4]

In 2014, Feao was selected for Tonga A in the Pacific Rugby Cup. [5] Later that season he played for the Brisbane City team that won Australia's inaugural National Rugby Championship. [6] He transferred to the NSW Country Eagles in 2015 before signing a short-term contract with French club La Rochelle, initially for the final three months of the 2015–16 season, [7] then extended for a further season. [8]

He played for the Pro D2 side, Narbonne as a medical joker from January 2018, [9] before joining Leicester Tigers in August 2018. [10] [11] Feao made his Leicester debut on 1 September 2019 against Exeter Chiefs, [12] and scored his only try for the club in a 2018-19 Premiership Rugby Cup defeat against Saracens on 28 October 2018. [13] On 15 May 2019 he was announced as one of the players to leave Leicester following the end of the 2018-19 Premiership Rugby season. [14]

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