Fehi Fineanganofo

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Fehi Fineanganofo
Full nameFatafehi F. Fineanganofo
Date of birth (2002-08-31) 31 August 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb)
School Auckland Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Bay of Plenty, Hurricanes
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2023– Bay of Plenty 14 (35)
2025– Hurricanes 0 (0)
Correct as of 14 November 2024
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2023– New Zealand
Correct as of 21 July 2024

Fehi Fineanganofo (born 31 August 2002) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player, who currently plays as a wing for Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition and the Hurricanes in Super Rugby. He has also played for the New Zealand national sevens team. [1]

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Early life

As a youngster, Fineanganofoa initially played rugby league. It was only when he attended Auckland Grammar School that he started playing rugby union. [2]

Senior career

Fineanganofo plays for Bay of Plenty in the National Provincial Championship. He was named in the Steamers' squad for the first time in 2023. [3]

In November 2024, he signed a two-year contract with the Hurricanes ahead of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season. [4]

International career

In 2020, Fineanganofo was invited to attend a Barbarians Under 18 Development Camp, at the end of which he was named in the New Zealand Secondary Schools team. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was only a paper team and it didn't play any games. [5] [6]

Fineanganofo made his debut for the New Zealand national sevens team in Los Angeles in 2023. [7] He signed a full time contract with the team for the 2024 season. [8] [9] Described as New Zealand's "breakthrough star" of 2024, [10] he played as New Zealand won the Singapore leg of the 2023–24 SVNS in May 2024. [11]

He was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [12] [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "All Blacks Sevens young guns make their mark". allblacks.com. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Introducing the 2023 Steamers Squad". Bay of Plenty Rugby. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "All Blacks Sevens star signs with Super Rugby Pacific giants". RugbyPass. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "New Zealand Barbarian Under 18 squad announced". allblacks.com (Press release). 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Secondary schools players recognised in representative team naming". allblacks.com (Press release). 19 October 2020. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "All Blacks Sevens set for Los Angeles and Vancouver leg". allblacks.com. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Fehi Fineanganofo". olympic.org.nz. 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "New talent joins sevens squads in pinnacle year". allblacks.com. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Lyall, Jamie (17 July 2024). "Paris Olympics: Men's rugby sevens team-by-team guide". RugbyPass. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "NZ men's and women's sevens do double in Singapore". rnz.co.nz. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Rugby Sevens teams named for Paris Olympics". nzrugby.co.nz. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Paris 2024: Nine Olympic Debutants In Rugby Sevens Teams". Pacific Scoop. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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