Viliame Iongi

Viliame Iongi
Date of birth (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989
Place of birth Tofoa, Tonga
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing, Fullback, Scrum-half
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010–2011
2014–15
2016–
Queanbeyan Whites
Nottingham
San Francisco Rush
12 (87)
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011
2011–2012
Brumbies
Scarlets

16

(20)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011– Tonga 21 (50)
correct as of 25 June 2016.

Viliame Iongi (born 8 August 1989) is a Tongan national rugby union player. He has played for Tonga.[1] Iongi has 12 caps for Tonga and scored 7 tries, 4 coming on his debut in the Churchill Cup against USA.[2]

Iongi played in Australia with the Queanbeyan Whites for two seasons, winning the ACTRU Premier Division title in 2010.[3] His impressive performances in 2010 earned him a spot in the Brumbies academy for the 2011 season.

In October 2011, Iongi signed for the Welsh region side the Scarlets.[4] Iongi made a bright start to his Scarlets career scoring four tries in his first four starts, tries against Ulster and Northampton Saints were followed by a brace against London Irish in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. He left the region in the summer of 2012.

On 4 April 2014, Iongi returned to England to sign for Nottingham in the RFU Championship for the 2014-15 season.[5]

References

  1. Viliame Iongi. ESPN Scrum profile. Retrieved on 2012-05-18.
  2. Tonga inflicts 2nd thrashing of US by 44–13 in Churchill Cup debut | Tonga News | Taimi Media Network Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.. Taimionline.com (2011-06-09). Retrieved on 2012-05-18.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110222115502/http://www.whitesrugby.org.au/qrufcwhitearticle01.html. Archived from the original on February 22, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Iongi signs for Scarlets. Sky Sports (2011-10-24). Retrieved on 2012-05-18.
  5. "Nottingham sign Tongan international winger Viliami Iongi". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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