Asa Amone
Tongan dual-code international rugby player
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Aasaeli Amone (born 8 January 1966), also known by the nickname "Asa", is a Tongan former dual code international rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played representative rugby union for Tonga, as a fly-half,[2] and representative rugby league (RL) for Tonga, and at club level for Halifax Blue Sox and Featherstone Rovers, as a fullback, wing, centre or prop.[3][5]
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| Full name | Aasaeli Amone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1966[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fly-half[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre, Prop[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union
Amone played four times for Tonga in 1987, including twice in the 1987 Rugby World Cup.[2]
Rugby league
He played for Tonga in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.[6]
Asa Amone made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 1 February 1998, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during the 1999 season.
First Division Grand Final appearances
Asa Amone was a playing interchange/substitute in Featherstone Rovers' 22-24 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1998 First Division Grand Final at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on 26 September 1998.[7] He also played for various clubs in New Zealand, and was noted for appearances for the Australian club Orange Hawks.[8] In 2006 he joined the Qantas Cyms team.[9]
As of 2011, he worked in a mine in Western Australia.[10]
