Ueleni Fono

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Ueleni Fono
Birth nameUeleni Fono
Date of birth (1982-05-06) 6 May 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth Holopeka, Tonga
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight113 kg (249 lb; 17 st 11 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Openside flanker and eighthman
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006-2008 Stade Aurillacois 12 (54)
2008-2013 SU Agen 89 (40)
2013-16 Biarritz 24 (5)
2016-18 Blagnac SCR 28 (5)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005- Tonga 4 (0)

Ueleni Fono (born May 6, 1982) is a Tongan rugby player who plays as an openside flanker and as an eighthman for French club Blagnac SCR. He played for Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne from 2006 to 2008. [1]

In July 2013 he moved to Biarritz. [2] In February 2016 he suffered a hamstring injury, forcing him to miss several games. [3]

In October 2016 he announced that he was ending his professional career with Biarritz and was instead joining Blagnac SCR. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Opeti FONUA : Fiche joueur et statistiques - It's rugby".
  2. ↑ "Biarritz : Fono explique son choix" (in French). Rugby Transferts. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Biarritz Olympique : Giresse, Fono et Hamdaoui forfait à Mont-de-Marsan". Sud Ouest. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Point Transferts. Ueleni Fono signe en Fédérale 1, l'international fidjien Peni Ravai à Aurillac" (in French). Le Rugbynistere. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Mercatovale : le gros coup de Blagnac". Rugby Amateur. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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