| Full name | Fatafehi F. Fineanganofo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 31 August 2002 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Auckland Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
As a youngster, Fineanganofoa initially played rugby league. It was only when he attended Auckland Grammar School that he started playing rugby union. [2]
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]
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]
