Sione Faumuina Explained

Sione Faumuina
Fullname:Sione Vili Faumuina[1]
Birth Date:1981 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Height:6feet
Weight:15st
Club1:Canberra Raiders
Year1start:2001
Appearances1:11
Tries1:2
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:8
Year2start:2002
Year2end:06
Appearances2:88
Tries2:18
Goals2:33
Fieldgoals2:0
Points2:138
Club3:Hull FC
Year3start:2005
Appearances3:3
Tries3:1
Goals3:0
Fieldgoals3:0
Points3:4
Year4start:2007
Year4end:08
Appearances4:33
Tries4:4
Goals4:0
Fieldgoals4:0
Points4:16
Club5:Castleford Tigers
Year5start:2009
Appearances5:21
Tries5:2
Goals5:0
Fieldgoals5:0
Points5:8
Teama:New Zealand
Yearastart:2003
Yearaend:04
Appearancesa:2
Triesa:0
Goalsa:4
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:8
Retired:yes
Source:[2] [3] [4]

Sione Faumuina (born 27 March 1981) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders, North Queensland Cowboys and New Zealand Warriors in the NRL and for the Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 893) and Hull FC (Heritage № 1033) in the Super League.

Faumuina represented on two occasions between 2003 and 2004 and his position of choice was, although he also played as a or .[2] [5]

Playing career

Faumuina made his first grade debut in round 1 of the 2001 NRL season for Canberra against the New Zealand Warriors. Faumuina signed with the New Zealand Warriors in 2002 but did not play in the clubs 2002 NRL Grand Final loss against the Sydney Roosters. He was released by the New Zealand Warriors in August 2006 for repeated involvement in "cases of serious misconduct", related to alcohol.[6] Faumuina was due to play for Super League club the Harlequins RL until the club tore up his contract pre-season.[7] Faumuina later signed with the North Queensland Cowboys and played with them between 2007 and 2008. In 2009, Faumuina signed for English side Castleford. Faumuina was released by mutual consent from Castleford at the back end of the 2009 season. In 2011, Faumuina moved to Tannum Sands to work in local industry. He went on to play for Tannum Sands Gullaz.

Personal life

Notes and References

  1. http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=F&id=703 FAUMUINA, SIONE VILI 2003 - 2004 - KIWI #703
  2. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Statistics at NRL. NRL. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Statistics at loverugbyleague.com. loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
  5. Web site: 2009 NRL Player Movements. NRL Live. 2008-10-04. 2008-10-04. dead. https://archive.today/20081005172545/http://www.nrllive.com.au/2009-nrl-player-movements/. 2008-10-05.
  6. http://warriors.sitesuite.ws/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=14521 Warriors Website – News
  7. Web site: Kiwi forward Faumuina gone missing. server-web.com. 31 December 2005. 1 January 2006.
  8. Web site: Cowboy caught in Townsville car mishap. townsvillebulletin.com.au. 5 July 2008. 1 January 2009. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20080801101834/http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2008/07/05/14446_hpnews.html. 1 August 2008. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: foxsports.com.au - story. foxsports.com.au. 31 August 2009. 1 January 2010.
  10. Web site: Match Fit Season 3 Ep 1 SPORT ThreeNow . 2023-04-13 . www.threenow.co.nz.
  11. Web site: Match Fit Season 3 Ep 6 SPORT ThreeNow . 2023-05-19 . www.threenow.co.nz.

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