Sione Fakaʻosilea

Sione Fakaʻosilea
	Sione Fakaʻosilea playing for CSM Baia Mare in 2017
Full name	Sione Ingo Fakaʻosilea
Date of birth	13 January 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Tonga
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	109 kg (17 st 2 lb; 240 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Centre
Current team	Baia Mare
Senior career
Years	Team
2014–	Baia Mare
	Correct as of 20 March 2017
International career
Years	Team
2017–2018	Romania
	Correct as of 27 March 2018
National sevens team
Years	Team
2013	Tonga 7s

Sione Fakaʻosilea (born 13 January 1987) is a rugby union player from Tonga. He plays in the centre position for professional SuperLiga club Baia Mare.^[1]^[2]

He played for the Tonga national rugby sevens team in 2013 and went on to play for Romania's national 15-a-side team, making his international debut at the 2017 Rugby Europe Championship in a match against the Russian Medvedi.^[3] However, after featuring in 13 internationals for Romania, including six in Rugby World Cup qualification matches for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, questions were raised over Fakaʻosilea's eligibility to represent Romania.^[4]^[5]^[6] As Fakaʻosilea had previously represented Tonga in Sevens rugby at the 2013 Gold Coast Sevens, this rendered him ineligible to represent Romania under World Rugby rules on switching nationalities.^[4]