Isaac "Zak" Fe'aunati (born 23 July 1973) is a Samoan former
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player. He played as a number eight.
Career
Fe'aunati was born in
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...
, New Zealand. In September 1995 he joined
Melrose, debuting for the club in their 31–3 home victory over
Hawick
Hawick ( ; ; ) is a town in the Scottish Borders council areas of Scotland, council area and counties of Scotland, historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east o ...
on 13 September 1995.
He retired from professional rugby in 2008 to take up a coaching position at
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (BVGS) is a selective state grammar school with academy status in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England. Founded in 1527, it is one of the oldest schools in Britain, the oldest state school in the West Midlan ...
on 2 June 2008. He also played
Jonah Lomu
Jonah Tali Lomu (12 May 1975 – 18 November 2015) was a New Zealand professional rugby union player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players in the history of the sport, and as one of the most talented sportsm ...
in the 2009 film ''
Invictus''.
In July 2014, Fe'aunati stepped down from his position at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School to return with his family to New Zealand.
References
External links
Bath Rugby profile
1973 births
Melrose RFC players
Bath Rugby players
Living people
New Zealand male film actors
New Zealand rugby union coaches
New Zealand rugby union players
Rotherham Titans players
Samoa international rugby union players
Actors of Samoan descent
New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Scotland
1999 Rugby World Cup players
Rugby union number eights
New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England
Wellington rugby union players
Crusaders (rugby union) players
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