Ben Afeaki

Ben Afeaki
Birth name Ben Tu'umoe Paul Afeaki
Date of birth (1988-01-12) 12 January 1988
Place of birth Middlemore, Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 137 kg (21 st 8 lb)
School Sacred Heart College, Auckland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
All Black No. 1119
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–14 North Harbour 58 (20)
Correct as of 22 October 2013
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–14 Chiefs 36 (5)
Correct as of 1 June 2014
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008
2010–13
2013		 New Zealand under-20
Māori All Blacks
New Zealand		 4
8
1		 (0)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 7 November 2013

Ben Tu'umoe Paul Afeaki (born 12 January 1988) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. His regular playing position was prop. He represented the Chiefs in Super Rugby and North Harbour in the ITM Cup between 2010 and 2014 and also made one appearance for New Zealand in 2013.

Afeaki made his lone test appearance on 8th June 2013, replacing Wyatt Crockett with five minutes left during a 23-13 victory over France.

He retired in April 2015, aged 27, after failing to recover from a concussion sustained during the 2014 Super Rugby season.[1]

It was announced in 2017 that Afeaki would become the Blues' Scrum Coach for the 2018 season. Afeaki claimed he was still suffering concussion symptoms at the time.

References

  1. ↑ "Ben Afeaki Retires from Rugby" (Press release). Chiefs. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.


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