Fotunu'upule Auelua
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Early life
Auelua is of Samoan descent. He was born in Wellington but moved with his family to Campbelltown in Sydney at a young age,[1] where he played most of his junior rugby for the Campbelltown Harlequins Rugby Club. He attended Trinity Grammar and played rugby for the Australian Schoolboys in 2001 and 2002.[1][2]
Career
Auelua played for West Harbour between 2003 and 2005.[3]
In March 2010 he signed a two-year deal to join the Brumbies in 2012, with the Australian Rugby Union to pay part of his salary. In the interim, he rejoined his former West Harbour coach and mentor Joe Barakat at Tokyo-based NTT Communications club side from July 2011 to February 2012.[3][4]
Auelua was named as captain of the Canberra Vikings for the inaugural season of Australia's National Rugby Championship in 2014.[5]
Club
- Until 2003 : Campbelltown Harlequins Template:Flagicon
- 2003–2005 : West Harbour Template:Flagicon
- 2006–2007 : US Dax Template:Flagicon
- 2007–2010 : RC Toulon Template:Flagicon
Honours
- Pro D2 Champions : 2008
- Winner of the Pro D2 finals: 2007
Super Rugby statistics
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| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Template:Rut | 8 | 6 | 2 | 381 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Template:Rut | 17 | 6 | 11 | 573 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Template:Rut | 8 | 3 | 5 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 33 | 15 | 18 | 1253 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
References
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- ↑ Rugby Heaven (2011 March 11). Toulon's No.8 quits to join Brumbies. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/toulons-no8-quits-to-join-brumbies-20110311-1bqrx.html
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External links
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- 1984 births
- Australian rugby union players
- Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent
- ACT Brumbies players
- Canberra Vikings players
- US Dax players
- RC Toulon players
- Urayasu D-Rocks players
- Yokohama Canon Eagles players
- Rugby union number eights
- Rugby union players from Wellington City
- New Zealand emigrants to Australia
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Living people
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- People educated at Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales)
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen