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David Feao
Full nameDavid Feao
Born (1990-06-10) 10 June 1990 (age 36)
Brisbane, Australia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight128 kg (20 st 2 lb; 282 lb)
SchoolBrisbane State High School
Notable relativeWillie Feʻao (father)
Rugby union career
Position Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 Brisbane City 8 (0)
2015 NSW Country Eagles 5 (5)
2016–2017 La Rochelle [1] 16 (0)
2018 Narbonne 11 (5)
2018–2019 Leicester Tigers 12 (5)
Correct as of 15 May 2019
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010 Tonga U20 4 (0)
2018 Tonga 3 (0)
Correct as of 23 June 2018

David Feao (born 6 October 1990) is a rugby union player who plays at prop for Tonga. He has previously played for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby.

Family and early life

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David Feao was born in Brisbane, Australia. He attended Brisbane State High School and was selected for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in 2008.[2] Feao played his club rugby for Souths in Brisbane.[3] His father, Willie Feao, had played for Tonga at the 1995 Rugby World Cup.[4]

Rugby career

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As a 19-year-old, Feao played in the 2009 Queensland Premier Rugby grand final for Souths Rugby Club, where the team was runner-up to Brothers.[4] The following year he played for the Tonga U-20 team at the 2010 Junior World Championship.[4]

In 2014, Feao was selected for Tonga A in the Pacific Rugby Cup.[5] Later that season he played for the Brisbane City team that won Australia's inaugural National Rugby Championship.[6] He transferred to the NSW Country Eagles in 2015 before signing a short-term contract with French club La Rochelle, initially for the final three months of the 2015–16 season,[7] then extended for a further season.[8]

He played for the Pro D2 side, Narbonne as a medical joker from January 2018,[9] before joining Leicester Tigers in August 2018.[10][11] Feao made his Leicester debut on 1 September 2019 against Exeter Chiefs,[12] and scored his only try for the club in a 2018-19 Premiership Rugby Cup defeat against Saracens on 28 October 2018.[13] On 15 May 2019 he was announced as one of the players to leave Leicester following the end of the 2018-19 Premiership Rugby season.[14]

References

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  1. ↑ "David Feao". Stade Rochaelais. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Australian Schoolboys teams 2004–2015". Rugby News. 2016. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Heslehurst, Brayden (22 August 2014). "David Feao hopes playing for Brisbane City in the NRC could help him play at 2015 World Cup". Quest Southeast. Retrieved 25 September 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. 1 2 3 "David Feao". Reds Rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Pampas XV beat Tonga". Pasión y Deporte (in Spanish). 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Brisbane City v Perth Spirit at Brisbane". ESPN Scrum. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Le pilier australien David Feao signe à La Rochelle en tant que joker médical". L'Équipe (in French). 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Stade Rochelais: 2016/2017". Le Club Rugby (in French). 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "RCNM : David Feao arrive en joker médical". L'Independant (in French). 2 January 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Rugby Inside Line". Bristol Live. 7 August 2018. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "David Feao: Leicester Tigers sign Tonga prop forward". BBC Sport. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Five players set to make Gallagher Premiership debuts for Leicester Tigers against Exeter Chiefs". Leicester Mercury. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Leicester Tigers begin Premiership Cup campaign with 29-21 defeat at Saracens". Leicester Mercury. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Brendon O'Connor and Mike Fitzgerald among huge number leaving Leicester Tigers at the end of the season". Leicester Mercury. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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