Aasaeli Amone (born 8 January 1966), also known by the nickname "Asa", is a Tongan former dual code international rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played representative rugby union for Tonga, as a fly-half, and representative rugby league (RL) for Tonga, and at club level for Halifax Blue Sox (Heritage № 1083) and Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 765), as a or .

Rugby union

Amone played four times for Tonga in 1987, including twice in the 1987 Rugby World Cup.

Asa Amone

Rugby league

He played for Tonga in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.

Asa Amone

Asa Amone made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 1 February 1998, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during the 1999 season.

Asa Amone

First Division Grand Final appearances

Asa Amone was a playing interchange/substitute in Featherstone Rovers' 22-24 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1998 First Division Grand Final at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on 26 September 1998. He also played for various clubs in New Zealand, and was noted for appearances for the Australian club Orange Hawks. In 2006 he joined the Qantas Cyms team.

As of 2011, he worked in a mine in Western Australia.

References

1966 births

Living people

Dual-code rugby internationals

Expatriate rugby league players in England

Featherstone Rovers players

Halifax R.L.F.C. players

Rugby league centres

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Rugby league props

Rugby league wingers

Rugby union fly-halves

Tonga international rugby union players

Tonga national rugby league team players

Tongan expatriate rugby league players

Tongan expatriate sportspeople in England

Tongan rugby league players

Tongan rugby union players

1987 Rugby World Cup players