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| Date of birth | 8 August 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Tofoa, Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Viliame "Pila" 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 seven tries, four coming on his debut in the Churchill Cup against United States. [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 Llanelli-based Welsh regional 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
- ^ "Viliame Iongi". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Tonga inflicts 2nd thrashing of US by 44–13 in Churchill Cup debut". Taimionline.com. Taimi Media Network. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "White kicks Whites to final minute victory". 11 September 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Iongi signs for Scarlets". Sky Sports. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Nottingham sign Tongan international winger Viliami Iongi". Nottingham Post. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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- Scarlets players
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- ACT Brumbies players
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- Rugby union players from Tongatapu
- San Francisco Rush players
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- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
- Tongan expatriate rugby union players in England
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