 Sione Fakaʻosilea playing for CSM Baia Mare in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Sione Ingo Fakaʻosilea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1987-01-13) 13 January 1987 (age 37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 109 kg (17 st 2 lb; 240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sione Fakaʻosilea (born 13 January 1987) is a rugby union player from Tonga. He plays in the centre position for professional SuperLiga club Baia Mare.
He played for the Tonga national rugby sevens team in 2013 and went on to play for Romania's national 15-a-side team, making his international debut at the 2017 Rugby Europe Championship in a match against the Russian Medvedi. However, after featuring in 13 internationals for Romania, including six in Rugby World Cup qualification matches for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, questions were raised over Fakaʻosilea's eligibility to represent Romania. As Fakaʻosilea had previously represented Tonga in Sevens rugby at the 2013 Gold Coast Sevens, this rendered him ineligible to represent Romania under World Rugby rules on switching nationalities.
Honours
- SuperLiga: 2014
References
- "Sione Fakaʻosilea's SuperLiga Profile". 20 March 2017.
- "Sione Fakaʻosilea's Baia Mare Profile". 20 March 2017.
- "Romania Rugby Union debuts". 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Serious Questions asked of Romanian player eligibility". Americas Rugby News. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- "Rugby-Russia Seeks Clarification on Romanian Player Eligibility". The New York Times. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- "Eligibility controversy in World Cup 2019 qualifying". Rugby World. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
External links
- Sione Fakaʻosilea at ESPNscrum
- Sione Fakaʻosilea at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Sione Fakaʻosilea at Romanian Rugby SuperLiga (in Romanian)
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