Sione Faumuina

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Sione Faumuina
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Personal information
Full nameSione Vili Faumuina [1]
Born (1981-03-27) 27 March 1981 (age 42)
Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Height6 ft 2 in (190 cm)
Weight15 st 12 lb (101 kg)
Position Lock, Second-row, Five-eighth, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2001 Canberra Raiders 112008
2002–06 New Zealand Warriors 8818330138
2005 Hull F.C. 31004
2007–08 North Qld Cowboys 3340016
2009 Castleford Tigers 212008
Total15627330174
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2003–04 New Zealand 20408
Source: [2] [3] [4]

Sione Faumuina (born 27 March 1981) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders, North Queensland Cowboys and New Zealand Warriors in the NRL and for the Castleford Tigers and Hull F.C. in the Super League Faumuina represented the New Zealand national team on two occasions between 2003 and 2004 and his position of choice was second-row although he also played as a centre , five-eighth or lock. [2] [5]

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Playing career

Faumuina made his first grade debut in round 1 of the 2001 NRL season for Canberra against the New Zealand Warriors. Faumuina signed with the New Zealand Warriors in 2002 but did not play in the clubs 2002 NRL Grand Final loss against the Sydney Roosters. He was released by the New Zealand Warriors in August 2006 for repeated involvement in "cases of serious misconduct", related to alcohol. [6] Faumuina was due to play for Super League club the Harlequins RL until the club tore up his contract pre-season. [7] Faumuina later signed with the North Queensland Cowboys and played with them between 2007 and 2008. In 2009, Faumuina signed for English side Castleford. Faumuina was released by mutual consent from Castleford at the back end of the 2009 season. In 2011, Faumuina moved to Tannum Sands to work in local industry. He went on to play five-eighth for Tannum Sands Gullaz.

Personal life

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References

  1. ↑ FAUMUINA, SIONE VILI 2003 - 2004 - KIWI #703 Archived 23 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  2. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Statistics at NRL". NRL. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "2009 NRL Player Movements". NRL Live. 4 October 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
  6. ↑ Warriors Website – News Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Kiwi forward Faumuina gone missing". server-web.com. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2006.
  8. ↑ "Cowboy caught in Townsville car mishap". townsvillebulletin.com.au. 5 July 2008. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  10. ↑ "Match Fit Season 3 Ep 1 | SPORT | ThreeNow". www.threenow.co.nz. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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