Falamani Mafi

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Falamani Mafi
Date of birth (1971-03-06) 6 March 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Kanokupolu, Tonga
Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight264 lb (120 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1990-1993 Uni-Norths Owls [1] [2] ()
1993-1994 Wests Lions [3] ()
1995-1996 Queanbeyan Whites ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-2000 Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars [4] ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1993-1995 ACT Kookaburras [5] [6] [7] ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1993-1999 Tonga 22 (10)

Falamani Mafi (born 6 March 1971, in Kanokupolu) is a Tongan former rugby union player. He played as lock

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Career

His first cap for Tonga was against Australia, in Brisbane, on 4 July 1993. He was also part of the 1995 Rugby World Cup Tonga squad coached by Fakahau Valu, where Mafi played two matches in the tournament. During the match against France, Mafi stomped the French player Philippe Benetton, however, his team mate Feleti Mahoni was sent off instead. [8] Mafi also played in the 1999 Rugby World Cup, playing against New Zealand, Italy and England, the latter being his last international cap for Tonga.

Notes

  1. ↑ Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 5 Hansard Archived 1 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine (9 May) Page 1441]
  2. ↑ Canberra Times (ACT) 20 set 1992
  3. ↑ Club Representatives Wests Lions
  4. ↑ 住所でポン！ 2000年版 東京都 三鷹市 下連雀 の電話帳
  5. ↑ Canberra Times (ACT) 24 May 1995
  6. ↑ Canberra Times (ACT) 17 June 1993
  7. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales July 1, 1993, Page 46]
  8. ↑ Pandaram, Jamie (14 September 2015). "Top 10 Rugby World Cup villains: All Blacks, Jonny Wilkinson, Wayne Barnes and other spoilers". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

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