Birth name | Ofisa Francis Junior Tonu'u | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 3 February 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rongotai College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I debut (cap 11) | 8 July 2019 v PNG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 12 July 2019 v Vanuatu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo, 19 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ofisa Francis Junior Tonu'u (born 3 February 1970) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and Samoa cricketer.
Rugby union
A halfback, Tonu'u represented Wellington and Auckland at the provincial level and the Blues and Hurricanes in Super Rugby. Of Samoan parentage, Tonu'u played 14 matches including five tests for Samoa in 1992 and 1993. He was later a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1996 to 1998. He played eight matches for the All Blacks including five internationals.
Cricket
He played as a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman. In 2013, he was a member of the Auckland Cricket Society Premier Men's Cricket team. He still plays for Auckland Cricket Society in annual fixtures.[1]
In July 2019, at the age of 49, Tonu'u represented the Samoa national cricket team in the men's tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games.[2] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Papua New Guinea on 8 July 2019.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Knight, Lindsay. "Ofisa Tonu'u". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ "Ex-All Black makes Samoan cricket debut at Pacific Games". Samoa 2019. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ↑ "Ex-All Black Ofisa Tonu'u makes cricket debut for Samoa at Pacific Games". Stuff. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ↑ "Former All Black makes international cricket debut aged 49". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 10 July 2019.