Feleti Fakaongo

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Feleti Fakaongo
Birth nameAlifeleti Fakaongo
Date of birth (1970-08-16) 16 August 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Vava'u, Tonga
Height1,96
Weight115 kg (254 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Flanker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1994-1999
1999-2004
Tihoi
Kumeu
()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-1999
1999-2004
2004-2005
2005-2008
2008-2009
2010-2011
Secom Rugguts [1]
Bordeaux-Begles
FC Grenoble
Oyonnax Rugby
RC Chalon
Valence

6
23
63
14

(5)
(25)
(25)
(0)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1994
1999
King Country
North Harbour
2
6
(0)
(0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1993-2002 Tonga 14 (0)

Feleti Fakaongo (born 16 August 1970 in Vava'u) is a Tongan former rugby union player. He played as lock and flanker.

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Career

His first cap for Tonga was against Scotland, at Nuku'alofa, on 5 June 1993. He was also part of the 1995 Rugby World Cup squad, playing only against Ivory Coast in the tournament. His last international cap was against Samoa, at Nuku'alofa, on 15 June 2002. At club level he played for King Country and North Harbour in the National Provincial Championship in New Zealand, [2] as well for FC Grenoble, [3] Bordeaux-Begles [4] Oyonnax Rugby [5] RC Chalon [6] and ROC La Voulte-Valence [7] in France.

Notes

  1. "チームの歴史 | セコムラグビー部「セコムラガッツ」オフィシャルサイト". www.secom.co.jp. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. Alifeleti Fakaongo at New Zealand Rugby History
  3. They played for Grenoble and Bordeaux
  4. Auch enfonce Bordeaux-Bègles
  5. "Aliceteli (sic) FAKAONGO - Fiche joueur - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.fr. Retrieved 24 October 2020.,
  6. "Le mag 25 hd". Issuu. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  7. "FEDERALE 2. Après ROC La Voulte Valence -Vinay (26-12): Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour". www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2020.


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