Asa Amone | |
Fullname: | Aasaeli Amone |
Ru Position: | Fly-half |
Birth Date: | 8 January 1966 |
Birth Place: | Tonga |
First: | RU |
Club1: | Halifax Blue Sox |
Year1start: | 1996 |
Year1end: | 97 |
Tries1: | 10 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 40 |
Year2start: | 1998 |
Year2end: | 99 |
Appearances2: | 42+18 |
Tries2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
Points2: | 16 |
Teama: | Tonga |
Yearastart: | 1995 |
Appearancesa: | 2 |
Triesa: | 0 |
Goalsa: | 6 |
Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
Pointsa: | 12 |
Ru Teama: | Tonga |
Ru Yearastart: | 1987 |
Ru Yearaend: | 88 |
Ru Appearancesa: | 4 |
Ru Triesa: | 0 |
Ru Goalsa: | 4 |
Ru Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
Ru Pointsa: | 12 |
Source: | [1] [2] |
Aasaeli Amone (born 8 January 1966), also known by the nickname "Asa", is a Tongan former dual code international rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played representative rugby union for Tonga, as a fly-half,[1] and representative rugby league (RL) for Tonga, and at club level for Halifax Blue Sox (Heritage No. 1083) and Featherstone Rovers (Heritage No. 765), as a or .
Amone played four times for Tonga in 1987, including twice in the 1987 Rugby World Cup.[1]
He played for Tonga in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
Asa Amone made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 1 February 1998, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during the 1999 season.
Asa Amone was a playing interchange/substitute in Featherstone Rovers' 22-24 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1998 First Division Grand Final at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on 26 September 1998.[3] He also played for various clubs in New Zealand, and was noted for appearances for the Australian club Orange Hawks.[4] In 2006 he joined the Qantas Cyms team.[5]
As of 2011, he worked in a mine in Western Australia.[6]