David Feao
Tonga international rugby union player
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David Feao (born 6 October 1990) is a rugby union player who plays at prop for Tonga. He has previously played for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby.
| Full name | David Feao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 June 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 kg (20 st 2 lb; 282 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Brisbane State High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Willie Feʻao (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Family and early life
David Feao was born in Brisbane, Australia. He attended Brisbane State High School and was selected for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in 2008.[2] Feao played his club rugby for Souths in Brisbane.[3] His father, Willie Feao, had played for Tonga at the 1995 Rugby World Cup.[4]
Rugby career
As a 19-year-old, Feao played in the 2009 Queensland Premier Rugby grand final for Souths Rugby Club, where the team was runner-up to Brothers.[4] The following year he played for the Tonga U-20 team at the 2010 Junior World Championship.[4]
In 2014, Feao was selected for Tonga A in the Pacific Rugby Cup.[5] Later that season he played for the Brisbane City team that won Australia's inaugural National Rugby Championship.[6] He transferred to the NSW Country Eagles in 2015 before signing a short-term contract with French club La Rochelle, initially for the final three months of the 2015–16 season,[7] then extended for a further season.[8]
He played for the Pro D2 side, Narbonne as a medical joker from January 2018,[9] before joining Leicester Tigers in August 2018.[10][11] Feao made his Leicester debut on 1 September 2019 against Exeter Chiefs,[12] and scored his only try for the club in a 2018-19 Premiership Rugby Cup defeat against Saracens on 28 October 2018.[13] On 15 May 2019 he was announced as one of the players to leave Leicester following the end of the 2018-19 Premiership Rugby season.[14]
