Fotunu'upule Auelua

Fotu Auelua
Birth name	Fotunu'upule Auelua
Date of birth	29 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
School	Trinity Grammar (NSW)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Flanker / Number Eight
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2003	Campbelltown Harlequins
Senior career
Years	Team
2003–2005 ; 2006−2007; 2007–2010 ; 2011–2012 ; 2014 ; 2016−2017	West Harbour; Dax ; Toulon ; NTT Com Shining Arcs; Canberra Vikings ; Canon Eagles
	Correct as of 15 January 2017
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
2006	New South Wales
Super Rugby
Years	Team
2012–2015	Brumbies
	Correct as of 27 July 2014
International career
Years	Team
2001–02	Australian Schoolboys

Fotunu'upule Auelua (known as Fotu) is an Australian former rugby union player. He played at Number 8. He previously played for Brumbies in Super Rugby, Dax, Toulon and NTT Communications Shining Arcs.

Early life

Auelua is of Samoan descent. He was born in Wellington but moved with his family to Campbelltown in Sydney at a young age,^[1] where he played most of his junior rugby for the Campbelltown Harlequins Rugby Club. He attended Trinity Grammar and played rugby for the Australian Schoolboys in 2001 and 2002.^[1]^[2]

Career

Auelua played for West Harbour between 2003 and 2005.^[3]

In March 2010 he signed a two-year deal to join the Brumbies in 2012, with the Australian Rugby Union to pay part of his salary. In the interim, he rejoined his former West Harbour coach and mentor Joe Barakat at Tokyo-based NTT Communications club side from July 2011 to February 2012.^[3]^[4]

Auelua was named as captain of the Canberra Vikings for the inaugural season of Australia's National Rugby Championship in 2014.^[5]