Sione Fakaʻosilea
Position(s) | Centre | ||
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Current team | Baia Mare | ||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2014– | Baia Mare | () | |
Correct as of 20 March 2017 | |||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2017–2018 | Romania | 13 | (20) |
Correct as of 27 March 2018 | |||
National sevens team | |||
Years | Team | Comps | |
2013 | Tonga 7s | 1 (0 pts) |
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.[1][2]
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.[3] 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.[4][5][6] 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.[4]
Honours
- Baia Mare
- 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.
- ^ a b "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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