Viliame "Pila" Iongi (born 8 August 1989) is a Tongan national rugby union player. He has played for

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 ...

. Iongi has 12 caps for

and scored seven tries, four coming on his debut in the Churchill Cup against

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. Iongi played in Australia with the

Queanbeyan Whites The Queanbeyan Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club based in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. They have earned the nickname 'Queanbeyan Whites' due to the colour of their playing jersey. The club competes in the ACTRU Premier Division. C ...

for two seasons, winning the

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title in 2010. His impressive performances in 2010 earned him a spot in the Brumbies academy for the 2011 season. In October 2011, Iongi signed for the Llanelli-based Welsh regional side, the Scarlets. Iongi made a bright start to his Scarlets career scoring four tries in his first four starts; tries against

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and Northampton Saints were followed by a brace against

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in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. He left the region in the summer of 2012. On 4 April 2014, Iongi returned to England to sign for

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in the RFU Championship for the 2014–15 season.

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Scarlets Profile
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