Seti Kiole (born 7 June 1980 in

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Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

) is a

n rugby union footballer. His father, Peni Kiole, was a Tongan International. He is a cousin of

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. His position is winger. He is a cousin of NRL player John Tamanika. Kiole plays for the

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in the French

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league and previously played for

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. He also plays for the Tonga national team. He represented his country in the

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. He weighs .

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IRB Player Profile
1980 births Living people Rugby union wings Tongan rugby union players Tonga international rugby union players Tongan expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France Expatriate rugby union players in England Tongan expatriate sportspeople in France Tongan expatriate sportspeople in England People from Haʻapai {{Tonga-rugbyunion-bio-stub