Fa'atonu Fili
Date of birth | August 31, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Wellington - New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fa'atonu Fili (born August 31, 1981) is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half.
Fili played for Samoa at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. After years of obscurity he played rugby for Wellington Lions in the Air New Zealand Cup in 2009, becoming 1st choice fly half and earning a recall for Samoa. He continued this late revival in his career, again playing for Wellington in 2010. Fili was also named in the 1999 RWC squad although he did not play any games.
Fili joined the Kandy Sports Club in the Sri Lankan Domestic Rugby Season 2013-2014.
References
- Fa'atonu Fili profile at IRB 2003 World Cup official website
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