Eddie Ioane
| Date of birth | 2 June 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Apia, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Akira Ioane (son) Rieko Ioane (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eddie Ioane (born 2 June 1966) is a Samoan rugby union player. He played as lock.
Career
His first match for Samoa was against Tonga, at Apia, on 17 June 1990. He was also part of the 1991 Rugby World Cup roster. He retired after the World Cup. In the NPC he played for Auckland.[2]
Personal life
He is married with the former Black Fern Sandra Wihongi and he is the father of Akira and Rieko Ioane, both of them playing for the All Blacks Sevens[3] and for the All Blacks. Another of his family members is Steven Ioane, who also plays rugby union.[4]
In 2016, Ioane was named president of his former club Ponsonby RFC.[5]
References
- ^ "Rieko Ioane values 'family history with Japan' as All Blacks prepare for Bledisloe battle". Stuff. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "It's always worth reading about again the day Manu Samoa arrived on the Rugby World Cup scene and beat Wales". Keith Quinn Rugby. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ Toby Robson (5 February 2014). "Akira Ioane brings size, pedigree to NZ sevens". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Hospitalised All Black relative's family 'doing as good as they can be'". Stuff. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Ponsonby Rugby Club - Management". www.ponsonbyrugby.co.nz. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Apia
- Samoan rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
- Rugby union locks
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Samoan expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players
- Auckland rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Samoan expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Black Rams Tokyo players
- 1991 Rugby World Cup players
- Samoan rugby union biography stubs