Family and early life
David Feao was born in Brisbane, Australia. He attended Brisbane State High School and was selected for the Australian Schoolboys national rugby union team, Australian Schoolboys rugby team in 2008. Feao played his club rugby for Souths Rugby, Souths in Brisbane. His father, Willie Feao, had played for at the 1995 Rugby World Cup.Rugby career
As a 19-year-old, Feao played in the 2009 Queensland Premier Rugby grand final for Souths Rugby Club, where the team was runner-up to Brothers Old Boys, Brothers. The following year he played for the Tonga national under-20 rugby union team, Tonga U-20 team at the 2010 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Junior World Championship. In 2014, Feao was selected for Tonga A national rugby union team, Tonga A in the Pacific Rugby Cup. Later that season he played for the team that won Australia's inaugural National Rugby Championship. He transferred to the NSW Country Eagles in 2015 before signing a short-term contract with French club Stade Rochelais, La Rochelle, initially for the final three months of the 2015–16 season, then extended for a further season. He played for the Rugby Pro D2, Pro D2 side, RC Narbonne, Narbonne as a medical joker from January 2018, before joining Leicester Tigers in August 2018. Feao made his Leicester debut on 1 September 2019 against Exeter Chiefs, and scored his only try for the club in a 2018-19 Premiership Rugby Cup defeat against Saracens F.C., Saracens on 28 October 2018. On 15 May 2019 he was announced as one of the players to leave Leicester following the end of the 2018-19 Premiership Rugby season.References
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* * 1990 births Australian rugby union players Living people Brisbane City (rugby union) players New South Wales Country Eagles players Rugby union props Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent Australian expatriate rugby union players in France Leicester Tigers players Tonga international rugby union players Stade Rochelais players RC Narbonne players Rugby union players from Brisbane Tongan rugby union players Tongan expatriate rugby union players in France Tongan expatriate rugby union players in England Australian expatriate rugby union players in England Souths Rugby players People educated at Brisbane State High School 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Tonga-rugbyunion-bio-stub