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Sione Fakaʻosilea

Sione Fakaʻosilea

Romania international rugby union player (born 1987)

Sione Fakaʻosilea (born 13 January 1987) is a rugby union player from Tonga. He plays in the centre position for professional SuperLiga club Baia Mare.[1][2]

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He played for the Tonga national rugby sevens team in 2013 and went on to play for Romania's national 15-a-side team, making his international debut at the 2017 Rugby Europe Championship in a match against the Russian Medvedi.[3] However, after featuring in 13 internationals for Romania, including six in Rugby World Cup qualification matches for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, questions were raised over Fakaʻosilea's eligibility to represent Romania.[4][5][6] As Fakaʻosilea had previously represented Tonga in Sevens rugby at the 2013 Gold Coast Sevens, this rendered him ineligible to represent Romania under World Rugby rules on switching nationalities.[4]

Honours

Baia Mare

References

  1. [1]
    "Sione Fakaʻosilea's SuperLiga Profile". 20 March 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Sione Fakaʻosilea's Baia Mare Profile". 20 March 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Romania Rugby Union debuts". 20 March 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Serious Questions asked of Romanian player eligibility". Americas Rugby News. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Rugby-Russia Seeks Clarification on Romanian Player Eligibility". The New York Times. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Eligibility controversy in World Cup 2019 qualifying". Rugby World. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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