Kieron_Fonotia

Kieron Fonotia

Kieron Fonotia

New Zealand-born Samoan rugby player (born 1988)


Kieron T. Fonotia (born 2 February 1988) is a former New Zealand born Samoan rugby union player who played as a Centre for the Tasman Mako in the Bunnings NPC.[1]

Quick Facts Full name, Date of birth ...

Career

Fonotia played 40 games for the Crusaders and 65 games for Tasman before he left New Zealand at the end of the 2016 season and joined the Welsh side Ospreys.

On 16 June 2017, Fonotia made his debut for the Samoa national rugby union team after qualifying for selection through his Grandfather.[2]

Fonotia returned to New Zealand in 2020 after he was cut from Welsh side Scarlets.[3] He was part of the Tasman side that won the Mitre 10 Cup for the second time in a row in 2020.


References

  1. "Kieron Fonotia". mako.nz. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. "Sport: Samoa call-up a "dream come true" for Kieron Fonotia". Radio New Zealand. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. "Kieron Fonotia sore at being cut by Welsh club Scarlets". Stuff. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Kieron_Fonotia, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.