Ole Avei

BornWayne Ole Avei
(1983-06-13) 13 June 1983 (age 42)

Wellington, New Zealand

Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight114 kg (17 st 13 lb; 251 lb)

SchoolThe Southport School

Ole Avei

Born	Wayne Ole Avei (1983-06-13) 13 June 1983 (age 42) Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	114 kg (17 st 13 lb; 251 lb)
School	The Southport School
Notable relative	Digby Ioane (uncle)
Rugby union career
Position Hooker Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2008-2010 Sunnybank Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010−Nov 2017 Bordeaux-Bègles 171 (135) Dec 2017-2019 Racing 92 29 (10) 2019-2023 Soyaux-Angouleme 17 (5) Correct as of 12 August 2015 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2007 East Coast Aces 3 (5) 2008-09 Waikato 14 (5) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2006-08 Reds 2 (0) 2009 Chiefs 0 (0) Correct as of 13 July 2014 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2004 Australia U21 2011–2015 Samoa 34 (0) Correct as of 3 October 2015

Ole Avei (born 13 June 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a retired Samoan International Rugby Union player, who most recently played hooker with Soyaux-Angouleme in the French Pro D2.

Avei began his professional career in 2005 with the Queensland Reds, making his first Super 14 debut in 2006, against the Chiefs in Hamilton.^[1] He then went on to play for Waikato in the Air New Zealand Cup in 2008, and in 2010, he signed in France with the Union Bordeaux Bègles for 2 years, extending his contract for a rare 5-year deal over offers from several top clubs, including current champions Stade Toulousain (Toulouse).^[2]

Avei made his International debut for Samoa in the 2011 Pacific Nations Cup, in the match against Japan on 2 July 2011.^[3] He was then selected to represent Samoa in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand^[4] and the 2015 Rugby World Cup.