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Felise
Felise is a Polynesian name. Notable people with the name include: * JJ Felise (born 1996), Australian rugby league player * Maika Felise, Samoan rugby league player and surfer * Felise Kaufusi (born 1992), New Zealand-born Australian rugby league player * Felise Vaha'i Sosaia (born 1999), French/Wallisian javelin thrower See also * Taufaʻao Filise (born 1977), a Tongan rugby union player * Felice, an unrelated name {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felise Kaufusi
Felise Kaufusi (born 19 May 1992) is a professional rugby league footballer from New Zealand who plays as a or forward for the Dolphins in the National Rugby League (NRL), and Tonga and Australia at international level. He previously played for the Melbourne Storm and won the 2017 NRL Grand Final and 2020 NRL Grand Finals with them. He represented Australia at international level and the Queensland Maroons in State of Origin. He has also played as a in his career. Early life Kaufusi was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and is of Tongan and Niuean descent. He is the younger brother of Antonio and older brother of Patrick. At age seven, Kaufusi moved to Australia and was educated at Shalom Catholic College, Bundaberg. He played junior football for the Bundaberg Brothers before being signed by the North Queensland Cowboys. Playing career Early career From 2010 to 2012, Kaufusi played for the North Queensland Cowboys' NYC team, including their 2011 NYC Grand Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JJ Felise
JJ Collins ''né'' Felise (born 15 February 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Dolphins as a in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the Canberra Raiders, the Newcastle Knights and the Wests Tigers in the NRL. More recently, Collins has played regional rugby league in the Queensland Hostplus Cup for the Tweed Heads Seagulls and the Central Queensland Capras, a feeder club for the Dolphins NRL team. Background Collins was born in Logan City, Queensland, Australia, of Samoan descent. He was formerly known as Jacob Junior Felise and JJ Felise, before changing his name to JJ Collins. Collins played his junior rugby league for the Logan Brothers and attended Keebra Park State High School, before signing with the Wests Tigers as a teenager. Playing career Early career (2013–2014) While attending Keebra Park High School, Collins was a member of their 2013 ARL Schoolboy Cup winning side. He also represented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maika Felise
Maika Felise is a Samoan former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He represented Samoa in the 2000 World Cup. Playing career Felise played for Wainuiomata Lions in the Wellington Rugby League competition, representing the Lions at the 1993 Rugby League World Sevens. In 1994 he won the Colin O'Neil Trophy as the best and fairest player in the competition.''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.p.187-193 In 2000 Felise played for Beacon Hill Bears in the Manly Warringhah A grade competition. In 2004 he was named in the Manly A Grade representative team that played a touring British Amateur Rugby League Association side. Representative career Felise made his debut for Western Samoa when he was called up to the Samoan squad during their 1994 tour of New Zealand as injury cover.''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.50 He was named in the Samoa squad for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felise Vaha'i Sosaia
Felise Vaha'i Sosaia (born 30 July 1999) is a Wallisian athlete who specialises in the javelin throw. Sosaia is from Mata Utu. After practicing athletics in Wallis at the Kafika stadium, he left in 2016 for New Caledonia to study at the Jules Garnier high school in Nouméa. He then trained for a professional diploma in youth, popular education and sport in Koutio in parallel with his sports training. At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won a gold in the javelin with a throw of 62.41m. In July 2021, he won the French javelin championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games. At the 2022 European Athletics Championships The 2022 European Athletics Championships were the 25th edition of the European Athletics Championships and were held in Munich, Germany, from 15 to 21 August 2022. They were part of the 2022 European Championships, European Championships, a multi ... he came 9th in his heat, and did not qualify for the final. References Living people 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polynesian Languages
The Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family. There are 38 Polynesian languages, representing 7 percent of the 522 Oceanic languages, and 3 percent of the Austronesian family. While half of them are spoken in geographical Polynesia (the Polynesian triangle), the other half – known as Polynesian outliers – are spoken in other parts of the Pacific: from Micronesia to atolls scattered in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands or Vanuatu. The most prominent Polynesian languages, by number of speakers, are Samoan, Tongan, Tahitian, Māori and Hawaiian. The ancestors of modern Polynesians were Lapita navigators, who settled in the Tonga and Samoa areas about 3,000 years ago. Linguists and archaeologists estimate that this first population went through common development over approximately 1,000 years, giving rise to Proto-Polynesian, the linguistic ancestor of all modern Polynesian l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taufaʻao Filise
Taufa'ao Filise (born 26 May 1977) is a Tongan former rugby union footballer who played over 250 games for the Cardiff Blues. Filise was born in Malapo near Nuku’alofa. and attended Tupou College. He started his professional rugby career in 2000 with Bay of Plenty in the National Provincial Championship. He was selected the following year for Tonga, and would go on to represent Tonga 17 times, including playing at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups. Filise would also represent the Pacific Islanders rugby union team in 2004 and 2006. He was picked up by the Blues (Super Rugby) for their 2005 Super Rugby campaign, and then signed for Bath Rugby on a year contract following that. After his season with Bath, Filise moved to Cardiff Blues for their 2006-2007 Celtic League campaign. He was part of the Cardiff teams that won the 2008–09 Anglo-Welsh Cup and the 2009–10 European Challenge Cup. On 19 December 2015 he became the Cardiff Blues most capped player with 183 first cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
