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'''Sione Kalamafoni''' (born 18 May 1988) is a [[rugby union]] footballer who plays at [[Number eight (rugby union)|number 8]] for [[Scarlets]]. Kalamafoni played for [[Tonga national rugby union team|Tonga]] at the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/teams/team=47/player=28802/index.html|title=Profile|date=|work=2011 Rugby World Cup Official Site|accessdate=22 September 2011}}</ref>
'''Sione Kalamafoni''' (born 18 May 1988) is a [[rugby union]] footballer who plays at [[Number eight (rugby union)|number 8]] for [[Scarlets]]. Kalamafoni played for [[Tonga national rugby union team|Tonga]] at the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/teams/team=47/player=28802/index.html|title=Profile|date=|work=2011 Rugby World Cup Official Site|accessdate=22 September 2011}}</ref>

Kalamafoni was born and raised in [[Tonga]], but got a scholarship to go to [[Auckland Grammar School]] in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-5586775/Sione-Kalamafoni-did-NOT-rescue-kids-burning-orphanage-life-story-needs-no-embellishment.html|title=Sione Kalamafoni did NOT rescue 20-odd kids from a burning orphanage... but the real life-story of Leicester's Tongan No 8 needs no embellishment}}</ref>


Kalamafoni first signed to [[Nottingham R.F.C.|Nottingham]] in the [[RFU Championship]] from the 2010/11 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8978009.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Nottingham sign Tonga International forward Sione Kalamafoni|date=7 September 2010}}</ref>
Kalamafoni first signed to [[Nottingham R.F.C.|Nottingham]] in the [[RFU Championship]] from the 2010/11 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8978009.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Nottingham sign Tonga International forward Sione Kalamafoni|date=7 September 2010}}</ref>

Revision as of 11:37, 8 November 2020

Sione Kalamafoni
Birth nameSione Maake Kalamafoni
Date of birth (1988-05-18) May 18, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birthMatahau, Tonga
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight121 kg (19 st 1 lb; 267 lb)
SchoolAuckland Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8/Flanker
Current team Leicester Tigers
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–2012
2012–2017
2017–2020
2020–		 Nottingham
Gloucester
Leicester Tigers
Scarlets		 42
106
64		 (65)
(50)
(35)
Correct as of 29 April 2020
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007− Tonga 33 (10)
Correct as of 11 September 2019

Sione Kalamafoni (born 18 May 1988) is a rugby union footballer who plays at number 8 for Scarlets. Kalamafoni played for Tonga at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[1]

Kalamafoni first signed to Nottingham in the RFU Championship from the 2010/11 season.[2] On 15 March 2012, Kalamafoni would leave Nottingham to sign for Gloucester Rugby in the Aviva Premiership on a two-year contract from 2012/13 season.[3] On 14 November 2013, Kalamafoni signed a two-year contract extension with Gloucester until the end of 2015/16 season.[4]

On 1 June 2017 Leicester Tigers announced that Kalamafoni would be joining them for the 2017-18 season.[5]

On 26 March 2020, it was confirmed that Kalamafoni would sign for Welsh region Scarlets in the Pro14 ahead of the 2020-21 season.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". 2011 Rugby World Cup Official Site. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Nottingham sign Tonga International forward Sione Kalamafoni". BBC Sport. 7 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Gloucester sign Tonga International Sione Kalamafoni from Nottingham". BBC Sport. 15 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Kalamafoni contract extension with Gloucester". BBC Sport. 14 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Sione Kalamafoni, Dominic Ryan, Joe Ford and Jonah Holmes join Leicester Tigers". BBC. 1 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Leicester Tigers back row star Sione Kalamafoni to leave for PRO14". The Rugby Paper. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.


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