Toa Fepuleai

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Toa Fepuleai
Personal information
Full nameGasetoa Fepuleai [1]
Born13 May 1954
Vaivase, Apia, Western Samoa
DiedDecember 2022(2022-12-00) (aged 68)
Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Richmond
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Auckland
New Zealand Māori
1978–80 New Zealand 4

Gasetoa Fepuleai (known as Toa or Gus Fepuleai) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand .

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Early years

Fepuleai was born in Western Samoa and attended Seddon High School where he played at fullback in the school's rugby union first XV. [2]

Playing career

Fepuleai joined the Richmond rugby league club in the Auckland Rugby League competition. In 1976 he won the Tetley Trophy as top try scorer.[ citation needed ]

He made his New Zealand national rugby league team debut in 1978, on the wing. [2]

In 1979 Fepuleai played for both Auckland and New Zealand Māori against the touring Great Britain Lions side. [3] He was also a part of the Richmond side that won the Auckland premiership in 1979, a title they defended in 1980. [2]

Later years

Fepuleai later served as the chairman of the Richmond Rovers club. [4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nzleague.co.nz/players/kiwi_details/552 [ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 "Gus a Richmond boy through the ages".
  3. ↑ Coffey, John Oliver; Wood, Bernie (1 January 2008). 100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. 204–205. ISBN   9781869693312 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Rugby league club in limbo". October 2015.
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