Orene Ai'i
Appearance
Date of birth | 23 September 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Apia, Upolu, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb; 12.8 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Orene Ai'i (born 23 September 1979) is a rugby union footballer who plays as a first five-eighth and fullback for the Blues in Super Rugby and Northland in the ITM Cup. He made his debut in 2000 against the ACT Brumbies. He is 170 cm tall and weights 81 kg. He previously played for Toyota Verblitz in Japan and Toulon in France. As of August, 2016 he plays fly-half/fullback for the San Francisco Rush. America's first professional rugby league.
Ai'i re-joined the Blues as an injury cover after his contract with Toyota Verblitz was completed.[1][2]
Honours
- 2003 Super Rugby champion - Blues
- IRB Sevens World Series player of the year — 2004-05 season
References
- ^ David Long (5 July 2012). "Orene Ai'i answers call for injury-stricken Blues". Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ David Long (3 July 2012). "Orene's back and Blue". Retrieved 10 July 2012.
External links
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from January 2013
- New Zealand rugby union players
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Blues (Super Rugby) players
- Auckland rugby union players
- Northland Taniwha players
- Hurricanes (rugby union) players
- RC Toulonnais players
- Toyota Verblitz players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Samoan international rugby sevens players
- People educated at Otahuhu College
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
- Sportspeople from Apia
- San Francisco Rush players
- New Zealand international rugby sevens players