Eddie Aholelei

Eddie Aholelei
Eddie Aholelei playing for Manly Marlins
Full name Edmund L.M.T. Aholelei
Date of birth (1981-12-03) 3 December 1981
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 127 kg (20 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Prop
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2014-16
2016-		 London Welsh
Timișoara Saracens
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2012–2014 Melbourne Rebels
correct as of 16 April 2012.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013– Tonga 9 (5)
correct as of 25 June 2016.

Eddie Aholelei (born 3 December 1981) is a professional rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is prop. He currently represents London Welsh in the RFU Championship.

Early career

Aholelei is of Tongan descent. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand and moved to Sydney, Australia as a teenager. Aholelei played colts rugby in Sydney for the Parramatta Two Blues club in 2000. He joined the Manly Marlins rugby club in 2001.[1] Twelve seasons later, Aholelei played his 200th grade game for Manly against Parramatta in Round 9 of the 2012 Shute Shield.[2]

Club career

Aholelei joined the Melbourne Rebels extended playing squad in 2012.[3] In Round 8 he played part of a game against the Brumbies[4] and went on to join the full squad in 2013.[5]

On 14 July 2014, Aholelei made his move to England to join London Welsh who compete in the Aviva Premiership from the 2014-15 season.[6]

In July 2016, he moved to the Romanian SuperLiga champions Timișoara Saracens.

References

  1. ↑ Geddes, Jon (19 May 2011). "Meet the Manly Bruise Brothers". Manly Daily. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Manly Marlins prop Eddie Aholelei celebrates his 200th grade game for the club". Retrieved 28 Oct 2012.
  3. ↑ "Eddie Aholelei Profile". Melbourne Rebels. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Brumbies 37-6 Rebels". South African Rugby Union. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Eddie Aholelei Profile". Melbourne Rebels. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "London Welsh sign Tonga prop forward Eddie Aholelei". BBC Sport. 14 July 2014.

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