Dominic Fe'aunati
Birth name | Dominic Fe'aunati | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 June 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dominic Fe'aunati (born 14 June 1978) is a New Zealand former rugby league and rugby union footballer who last played for SC Albi, as a centre. He is a Samoa rugby union international.
Background
Fe'aunati was born in Wellington, New Zealand.
Career
Feaunati has previously played rugby league for St. Helens and Leigh Centurions in the Super League. He played primarily on the wing. He has also played for Pontypridd RFC, London Irish in the Guinness Premiership in 2005. Feaunati joined Worcester in January 2007 to add power and pace to the back line and is now firmly established as part of the first team squad. He then gained a contract in France with Pro D2 club Béziers and has since moved on to Albi. Feaunati was also a NZ Junior Kiwis U15 in 1993 and also represented NZ U19 rugby union in 1997. After playing for Wellington Lions in his first year out of College he tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) playing a Wellington 10's tournament in 1997. Feaunati currently resides in Brisbane, Australia as a Youth Worker and program facilitator at Brisbane Youth Detention Centre.
National career
Feaunati has already won seven caps for "his country" and played against England in the 2003 Rugby World Cup finals before switching codes to league. Feaunati also played for Barbarians against England 2006 at Twickenham Stadium before joining Samoa in New Zealand for their NZ tour.
References
External links
- Use dmy dates from May 2013
- 1978 births
- Expatriate rugby union players in England
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- Expatriate rugby union players in Wales
- Leigh Centurions players
- Living people
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Wales
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- New Zealand rugby league players
- Pontypridd RFC players
- Rugby union players from Wellington City
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Worcester Warriors players