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Asa Amone

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Asa Amone
Personal information
Full nameAasaeli Amone
Born (1966-01-08) 8 January 1966 (age 60)[1]
Tonga
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionFly-half[2]
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1987–88 Tonga 4 0 4 0 12
Rugby league
PositionFullback, Wing, Centre, Prop[3][4]
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–97 Halifax Blue Sox 69 13 6 0 64
1998–99 Featherstone Rovers 60 4 0 0 16
2000–01 Doncaster Dragons 46 3 0 0 12
Total 175 20 6 0 92
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1994–95 Tonga 4 2 13 0 34
Source: [1][2][5]

Aasaeli "Asa" Amone (born 8 January 1966) is a Tongan former dual code international rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played representative rugby union for Tonga, as a fly-half,[2] and representative rugby league (RL) for Tonga, and at club level for Halifax Blue Sox and Featherstone Rovers, as a fullback, wing, centre or prop.[3][6]

Rugby union

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Amone played four times for Tonga in 1987, including twice in the 1987 Rugby World Cup.[2]

Rugby league

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Amone later switched to rugby league, playing in New Zealand for Mount Albert in the Auckland Rugby League competition before moving to Australia, where he played Country Rugby League in New South Wales.[7] He was noted for appearances for the Australian club Orange Hawks.[8]

He played for Tonga in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.[9]

Amone made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 1 February 1998, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during the 1999 season.

Amone was a playing interchange/substitute in Featherstone Rovers' 22-24 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1998 First Division Grand Final at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on 26 September 1998.[10]

In 2006 he joined the Qantas Cyms team.[11]

Post-playing

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As of 2011, he worked in a mine in Western Australia.[12]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Statistics at espn.co.uk (RU)". espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 Hadfield, Dave (22 July 1996). "Umaga's famous five sinks Town". Online edition. The Independent. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. ↑ Hadfield, Dave (28 May 1997). "Rugby League: Bradford battle back to preserve record". Online edition. The Independent. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Player Summary: Asa Amone". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers' Club. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  6. ↑ Hadfield, Dave (28 September 1998). "Trinity's biggest battle begins". Online edition. The Independent. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "Tongan fugitive's dream of a new life shattered". The Press. Christchurch. 17 May 1990. p. 21.
  8. ↑ COOK, MICHELLE (10 July 2005). "Hawks on top of their game". Central Western Daily.
  9. ↑ Hadfield, Dave (9 October 1995). "Tonga robbed by Ridge's late kicks". Online edition. The Independent. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  10. ↑ "First Division Grand Final - 1998 - A Night To Remember!". Great Players - Great Games. 31 December 2010. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  11. ↑ DREWE, BEN (13 November 2006). "CYMS bulk up". Central Western Daily.
  12. ↑ "Live coverage: Qantas ordered back in the air". Traveller. 31 October 2011.
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