// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Toa Fepuleai a boxer? He's a punch above the rest.
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| Full name | Gasetoa Fepuleai[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 May 1954 Vaivase, Apia, Western Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | December 2022 (aged 68) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gasetoa Fepuleai (known as Toa or Gus Fepuleai) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.
Early years
[edit]Fepuleai was born in Western Samoa and attended Seddon High School where he played at fullback in the school's rugby union first XV.[2]
Playing career
[edit]Fepuleai joined the Richmond rugby league club in the Auckland Rugby League competition. In 1976 he won the Tetley Trophy as top try scorer.[citation needed]
He made his New Zealand national rugby league team debut in 1978, on the wing.[2]
In 1979 Fepuleai played for both Auckland and New Zealand Māori against the touring Great Britain Lions side.[3] He was also a part of the Richmond side that won the Auckland premiership in 1979, a title they defended in 1980.[2]
Later years
[edit]Fepuleai later served as the chairman of the Richmond Rovers club.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ http://www.nzleague.co.nz/players/kiwi_details/552 [dead link]
- 1 2 3 "Gus a Richmond boy through the ages".
- ↑ Coffey, John Oliver; Wood, Bernie (1 January 2008). 100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. 204–205. ISBN 9781869693312 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Rugby league club in limbo". October 2015.
- 1954 births
- 2022 deaths
- 20th-century Samoan sportsmen
- Auckland rugby league team players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- New Zealand rugby league administrators
- People educated at Western Springs College
- Richmond Bulldogs players
- Rugby league players from Apia
- Rugby league wingers
- Samoan rugby league players