Ole Avei

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Ole Avei
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Birth nameWayne Ole Avei
Date of birth (1983-06-13) 13 June 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight114 kg (17 st 13 lb; 251 lb)
School The Southport School
Notable relative(s) Digby Ioane (uncle)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
-2008 Sunnybank ()
2010 Sunnybank ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010−Nov 2017 Bordeaux-Bègles 171 (135)
Dec 2017-2019 Racing 92 29 (10)
2019- Soyaux-Angouleme 17 (5)
Correct as of 12 August 2015
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007 East Coast Aces 3 (5)
2008-09 Waikato 14 (5)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006-08 Reds 2 (0)
2009 Chiefs 0 (0)
Correct as of 13 July 2014
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2004 Australia U21
2011– Samoa 34 (0)
Correct as of 3 October 2015

Ole Avei (born 13 June 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a Samoan International Rugby Union player, currently playing hooker with Soyaux-Angouleme in the French Pro D2.

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Avei began his professional career in 2005 with the Queensland Reds, making his first Super 14 debut in 2006, against the Chiefs in Hamilton. [1] He then went on to play for Waikato in the Air New Zealand Cup in 2008, and in 2010, he signed in France with the Union Bordeaux Bègles for 2 years, extending his contract for a rare 5-year deal over offers from several top clubs, including current champions Stade Toulousain (Toulouse). [2]

Avei made his International debut for Samoa in the 2011 Pacific Nations Cup, in the match against Japan on 2 July 2011. [3] He was then selected to represent Samoa in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand [4] and the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

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References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile Super 14 debut". aru.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Samoan hooker Avei extends Bordeaux-Begles deal". tensport.com.au. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Pacific Nations Cup". irb.com. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Samoa Name Strong Squad". planetrugby.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
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