Marco Fepulea'i
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1995 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Auckland Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marco Fepulea'i (born 25 April 1995) is a New Zealand-born Samoan professional rugby union player. He plays as a prop for Mont-de-Marsan in the French Pro D2 competition[1] after becoming a Samoa national team[2] player, attending the Pacific Nations Cup in 2022.
Fepulea'i previously played for Samoa U20s internationally and Auckland in the Mitre 10 Cup.[3][4][5]
He competed two seasons for the Colorado Raptors and for the La Giltinis[6][7] in the American Major League Rugby competition and for the Super Rugby side Blues for the 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season.
On 25 August 2022, Fepuleai moves to France to join Colomiers from the 2022-23 season, option for a further season in the Pro D2 competition.[8] Afterwards, he was a medical joker for Bayonne in the Top 14 at the start of the 2025-26 season. On 15 December 2025, he returned to the Pro D2 to sign for Mont-de-Marsan for the rest of the 2025-26 season.[9]
On 12 June 2026, Fepuleai would move to England to sign for Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby competition for the 2026-27 season.[10]
References
- ↑ "Rugby Pro D2 - Google Search".
- ↑ "TEAMS – Official Website | Lakapi Samoa".
- ↑ "2019 Major League Rugby - Colorado Raptors". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "Marco Fepulea'i - Glendale Raptors - Major League Rugby Player". glendaleraptors.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "Glendale Raptors Signs New Zealand Prop Marco Fepuleai". djcoilrugby. 10 January 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "Marco Fepulea'i". 24 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022.
- ↑ "Glendale sign Auckland prop Marco Fepulea'i". Americas Rugby News. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "LA prop Marco Fepulea'i joins Colomiers". Americas Rugby News. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "Fepulea'i vers Mont-de-Marsan en janvier" [Transfers. Top 14/Pro D2 - Marco Fepulea'i (Bayonne) to Mont-de-Marsan in January]. Rugbyrama.fr. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "Gloucester fill tight-head hole with 124kg Samoan international". Rugby Pass. 12 June 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Auckland University of Technology alumni
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- American Raptors players
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- Rugby union props
- LA Giltinis players
- Samoan rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Auckland rugby union players
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Colomiers Rugby players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in France
- People educated at Auckland Grammar School
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs