Full name | Fe'ao Moe Laru Vunipola | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 January 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 234 lb (16 st 10 lb; 106 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children |
Elisi Vunipola (brother) Manu Vunipola (brother) Mako Vunipola (son) Billy Vunipola (son) |
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Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position(s) | Hooker | ||
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Senior career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
1988-1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 2001–2003 |
Toa-ko-Ma'afu RFC Pontypool Pontypridd Caerphilly |
24 44 (?) 8 |
(55) (?) (5) |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
1988–2001 | Tonga | 34 | (15) |
Fe'ao Moe Laru Vunipola (born 6 January 1969) is a Tongan former international rugby union player, who participated at the 1995 Rugby World Cup and 1999 Rugby World Cup. He is also the father of Mako Vunipola and Billy Vunipola; he is married to Methodist Minister, Rev. Iesinga Vunipola (who is also Chaplain to the UK Tongan Community). He moved to Wales in 1998 to sign with Pontypool, and in 1999 joined up with Pontypridd. He left to join neighbours Caerphilly in 2001.