Rugby player
| Birth name | Fe'ao Moe Laru Vunipola | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1969-01-06) 6 January 1969 (age 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 234 lb (16 st 10 lb; 106 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Elisi Vunipola (brother) Manu Vunipola (brother) Mako Vunipola (son) Billy Vunipola (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Architect | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fe'ao Moe Lotu Vunipola (born 6 January 1969) is a Tongan former international rugby union player who participated at the 1995 Rugby World Cup and 1999 Rugby World Cup. He is the father of Mako Vunipola and Billy Vunipola, and is married to Rev. Iesinga Vunipola, Methodist minister and chaplain to the UK Tongan community. He moved to Wales in 1998 to sign with Pontypool, and in 1999 joined up with Pontypridd. He left to join neighbours Caerphilly in 2001.
References
- Photo of the Tonga 1991 squad Archived 6 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine on The Tonga Chronicle
- Photo of the Tonga 1991 squad Archived 6 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine on The Tonga Chronicle
- "Profile". ESPN Scrum.
- "Six Nations: Mako Vunipola set for first England start". BBC Sport. 6 March 2013.
- "Mako Vunipola of Saracens named in England squad for autumn Tests". BBC Sport. 25 October 2012.
- "England v Italy: Vunipola brothers Mako and Billy want Mum to see their Sunday best". Daily Telegraph. 7 March 2013.
- "Vunipola, Fe'ao". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016.
| Tonga squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup | |
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| Forwards | |
| Backs | |
| Coach: Tuʻihalamaka | |
| Tonga squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup | |
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| Forwards | |
| Backs | |
| Coach: Valu | |
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Tongan rugby union players
- Tonga international rugby union players
- Tongan expatriate rugby union players in Wales
- Rugby union hookers
- Tongan emigrants to England
- 1995 Rugby World Cup players
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
- Pontypool RFC players
- Pontypridd RFC players
- Caerphilly RFC players