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Ole Avei
Birth nameWayne Ole Avei
Date of birth (1983-06-13) 13 June 1983 (age 41)
Place of birthWellington, New Zealand
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight114 kg (17 st 13 lb; 251 lb)
SchoolThe Southport School
Notable relative(s)Digby Ioane (uncle)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
-2008
2010
Sunnybank
Sunnybank
()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010−Nov 2017
Dec 2017-2019
2019-
Bordeaux-Bègles
Racing 92
Soyaux-Angouleme
171
29
17
(135)
(10)
(5)
Correct as of 12 August 2015
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007
2008-09
East Coast Aces
Template:Rut Waikato
3
14
(5)
(5)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006-08
2009
Template:Rut Reds
Chiefs
2
0
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 13 July 2014
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004
2011–
Australia U21
Samoa

34

(0)
Correct as of 3 October 2015

Ole Avei (born 13 June 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a Samoan International Rugby Union player, currently playing 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.

Avei married his longtime girlfriend of over 8 years, Angelina, on 29 June 2013 in Australia. [citation needed] Their daughter Siena Eva Avei was born on 13 April 2014.[citation needed]

Clubs

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile Super 14 debut". aru.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Samoan hooker Avei extends Bordeaux-Begles deal". tensport.com.au. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Pacific Nations Cup". irb.com. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Samoa Name Strong Squad". planetrugby.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.