Afa Amosa
Afaesetiti Amosa (born 11 October 1990)[2] is a Samoan rugby player for Aviron Bayonnais in France's Top 14, the highest level of French rugby. His primary position is number 8.
| Birth name | Afaesetiti Amosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 October 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 17 st 8 lb (246 lb; 112 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Born in Samoa Amosa moved to Australia at the age of four,[3] and played his junior rugby for Moorabin Rugby Club in Melbourne, featured for the Brumbies Academy side before returning to Melbourne to play for the Melbourne Rebels academy side.[4]
In August 2012 Amosa moved to Bizkaia Gernika in Spain's División de Honor de Rugby,[3] they also competed in the 2012–13 European Challenge Cup where Amosa played in 6 games. He caught the eye of US Colomiers' coach Bernard Goutta and moved to the Pro D2 side that summer.[3] After two years in Colomiers he was due to sign for Toulon,[4] but the transfer fell through and in September 2015 after starting the season with Colomiers he moved to Top 14 side La Rochelle.[3]
On 25 March 2018 it was announced he had signed for Union Bordeaux Bègles on a two-year contract.[5]
On 15 February 2021 it was announced he had signed for Aviron Bayonnais as medikal joker to help staying the club on Top14 ( actually they are in the thirteenth place ). In his first match against the Toulon, Afa made a try and the basque club won the match.
On 23 August 2019, Amosa was named in Samoa's 34-man training squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup,[6] before being named in the final 31 on 31 August.[7]
References
- "ItsRugby Profile". ItsRugby. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- "ESPN profile". ESPN. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- "Top 14 - Melbourne, Guernica, Colomiers, La Rochelle… L'étonnante ascension de Afa Amosa". RugbyRama (in French). 23 October 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- "Afa Amosa contracted to Toulon". Moorabin Rugby Club. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- "UBB : Douglas, Amosa, Seuteni et Delboulbès s'engagent". France Bleu (in French). 25 March 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- Airey, Thomas (23 August 2019). "Alalatoa headlines Manu Samoa pre-World Cup squad". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "Two uncapped players in Samoa squad for Japan". rugbyworldcup.com. Rugby World Cup. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.