Joe Filemu
| Full name | John Filemu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 July 1974 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John "Joe" Filemu (born 16 July 1974) is a New Zealand-Samoan former professional rugby union player.[1]
Born in Wellington, Filemu attended Bishop Viard College growing up.[2] He was a NZ under-21s representative halfback in 1995 and got capped by the Hurricanes in a 1996 Super 12 match against the Natal Sharks at Athletic Park.[3]
Filemu competed in 22 Tests for Samoa between 1995 and 2001, playing twice against the All Blacks. He missed a place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup due to a contract issue with Japanese club Mitsubishi, where he played and worked.[4]
References
- ↑ "John A Filemu". New Zealand Rugby History.
- ↑ "Bishop Viard rugby reunion recalls glory days". Stuff.co.nz. 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "Joe Filemu". www.hurricanes.co.nz.
- ↑ "Rugby: Japanese rob Samoa of halfback". NZ Herald.
External links
- Joe Filemu at ESPNscrum (archived)
Categories:
- 1974 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Wellington rugby union players
- Hurricanes (rugby union) players
- Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Rugby union players from the Wellington Region
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- People educated at Bishop Viard College
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- Sportspeople of Samoan descent
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1970s birth stubs