David Feao

David Feao
Full name David Feao
Date of birth (1990-10-06) 6 October 1990
Place of birth Brisbane, Australia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 128 kg (20 st 2 lb; 282 lb)
School Brisbane State High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Leicester Tigers
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–present Leicester Tigers 0 (0)
Correct as of 7 August 2018
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010 Tonga U20 4 (0)
2018–present 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 Leicester Tigers and Tonga.

Family and early life

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] Faeo 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

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]

References

  1. ↑ "David Feao". Stade Rochaelais. 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. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  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. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
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