Viliamu Afatia (born 24 May 1990) is a Samoan rugby union player. He joined Agen ahead of the 2011/2012 season.[1] He plays prop for Samoa on international level. Afatia also plays for Bordeaux Bègles in their Top 14 campaign.[1]
| Birth name | Viliamu Afatia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 May 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vaiala, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 124 kg (19 st 7 lb; 273 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Viliamu Afatia made his debut for Samoa coming off the bench against Tonga in the 2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.[2] Afatia then was named in the Samoan squad for their 2012 end-of-year rugby union test matches against Canada, Wales and France. In 2015, he was selected for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
References
edit- ^ "Viliamu AFATIA (Pilier) - la fiche joueur - Ligue Nationale de Rugby". www.lnr.fr. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09.
- ^ "Rugby Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN". ESPNscrum.
External links
edit- Viliamu Afatia at ESPNscrum
- oceaniarugby.com profile at the Wayback Machine (archived January 27, 2013)
- Viliamu Afatia at ItsRugby.co.uk