Soane ʻAsi
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| Birth name | Esione Soane Kepa ‘Asi[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | circa 1963 (age 60–61)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St. Andrews High School, Nuku'alofa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Otili Paasi 'Asi[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Technical Officer for the Ministry of Works of Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Soane ʻAsi (born circa 1963[4]) is a Tongan former rugby union player. He played from the second five-eights to fullback, but he played as right wing during his only international cap[5].
Career[edit]
ʻAsi's only cap for Tonga was during the 1987 Rugby World Cup match against Canada on 24 May 1987, in the McLean Park, Napier.[6]. In that same match, however, he was replaced at the 22 minute by Lemeki Vaipulu[7][8]. Outside the field, he worked as a road foreman for the Ministry of Works of Tonga for between 1980 and 1987[9].
After career[edit]
After his retirement as rugby player, ʻAsi migrated to Auckland, New Zealand, where he works as laboratory technician[10] for Winstone Aggregates form 1996[11]. As of 2022, he is a counselor of the Papakura Latter Day Saints church stake presidency[12].
References[edit]
- ^ "New Stake Presidencies for Australia and New Zealand". news-pacific.churchofjesuschrist.org. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ "Soane ASI : Fiche joueur et statistiques - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ "New Stakes and Stake Presidencies Announced in January 2022". newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "Soane ASI : Fiche joueur et statistiques - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ "Soane ʻAsi's profile at LinkedIn".
- ^ "Soane 'Asi". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Match Report of Canada vs Tonga - 1987-05-24 - Rugby World Cup - Global Sports Archive".
- ^ Barclay, Simon (2019-11-03). Rugby World Cup 1987 - 2019: Complete Results and Statistics. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-244-23245-0.
- ^ "Soane ʻAsi's profile at LinkedIn".
- ^ "New stake presidents". Church News. 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "Soane ʻAsi's profile at LinkedIn".
- ^ "Read about these 16 new stake presidencies from around the world". Church News. 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
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