Afaesetiti Amosa (born 11 October 1990) is a

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rugby player for

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, the highest level of French rugby. His primary position is number 8.

Career

Born in Samoa Amosa moved to Australia at the age of four, and played his junior rugby for

Moorabbin Rugby Club The Moorabbin Rugby Union Football Club, is a rugby union football club based in Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia. Nicknamed the Rams, the club's home ground is located in Keys Road reserve in Cheltenham and was found in 1965. The club's colours ar ...

in Melbourne, featured for the

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Academy side before returning to Melbourne to play for the

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academy side. In August 2012 Amosa moved to Bizkaia Gernika in Spain's

División de Honor de Rugby The División de Honor de Rugby is Spain's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The División de Honor de Rugby Championship is organised by the Federación Española de Rugby ( Spanish Rugby Federation) and currently consists of ...

, they also competed in the

2012–13 European Challenge Cup The 2012–13 Amlin Challenge Cup was the 17th season of the European Challenge Cup, Europe's second-tier club rugby union competition. A total of 23 teams participated — 20 in the pool stage, plus three teams parachuting into the knockout ...

where Amosa played in 6 games. He caught the eye of

US Colomiers Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby or Rugby Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006–07 season, but ...

' coach Bernard Goutta and moved to the

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side that summer. After two years in Colomiers he was due to sign for

Toulon Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department. The Commune of Toulon h ...

, but the transfer fell through and in September 2015 after starting the season with Colomiers he moved to

side

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle'') is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department. Wi ...

. On 25 March 2018 it was announced he had signed for

Union Bordeaux Bègles Union Bordeaux Bègles (; ) is a French professional rugby union team playing in the Top 14, the first level of the country's professional league system. They earned their Top 14 place by winning the promotion playoffs that followed the 2010� ...

on a two-year contract. On 15 February 2021 it was announced he had signed for

as medikal joker to help staying the club on Top14 ( actually they are in the thirteenth place ). In his first match against the Toulon, Afa made a try and the basque club won the match. On 23 August 2019, Amosa was named in Samoa's 34-man training squad for the

2019 Rugby World Cup The 2019 Rugby World Cup () was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It was hosted in Japan from 20 September to 2 November in 12 venues all across the country. The opening matc ...

, before being named in the final 31 on 31 August.

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* 1990 births Living people Samoan rugby union players Union Bordeaux Bègles players Stade Rochelais players Aviron Bayonnais players Rugby union number eights Samoan expatriate rugby union players in France Samoan emigrants to Australia Samoa international rugby union players Samoan expatriate rugby union players in Spain Australian rugby union players Colomiers Rugby players 2019 Rugby World Cup players 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Samoa-rugbyunion-bio-stub