Sione Faka'osilea

Sione Faka'osilea
Sione Faka'osilea playing for CSM Baia Mare in 2017
Full name Sione Ingo Faka'osilea
Date of birth (1987-01-13) 13 January 1987
Place of birth Tonga
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 109 kg (17 st 2 lb; 240 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Current team Baia Mare
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014– Baia Mare ()
Correct as of 20 March 2017
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–2018 Romania 13 (20)
Correct as of 27 March 2018
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2013 Tonga 1 (0 pts)

Sione Faka'osilea (born 13 January 1987) is a Tonga-born Romanian rugby union player. He plays in the centre position for professional SuperLiga club Baia Mare.[1][2]

He previously played for the Tonga national rugby sevens team. He now plays for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut at the 2017 Rugby Europe Championship in a match against the Russian Medvedi.[3]

Eligibility controversy

After featuring in 13 internationals for Romania, including six times in qualification matches for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, questions were raised over Faka'osilea's eligibility to represent Romania.[4][5][6] Faka'osilea had previously represented Tonga at Sevens rugby during the 2013 Gold Coast Sevens, this made him ineligible to represent Romania under World Rugby rules on switching nationalities.[4]

Honours

Baia Mare

References

  1. ↑ "Sione Faka'osilea's SuperLiga Profile". 20 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sione Faka'osilea's Baia Mare Profile". 20 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Romania Rugby Union debuts". 20 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Serious Questions asked of Romanian player eligibility". Americas Rugby News. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Rugby-Russia Seeks Clarification on Romanian Player Eligibility". The New York Times. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Eligibility controversy in World Cup 2019 qualifying". Rugby World. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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