Asa Amone

{{Short description|Tongan dual-code international rugby player}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

| name = Asa Amone

| fullname = Aasaeli Amone

| image =

| caption =

| ru_position = Fly-half

| position = {{rlp|FB|WG|CE|PR}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|1|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tonga

| death_date =

| height =

| weight =

| first = RU

| club1 = Halifax Blue Sox

| year1start = 1996

| year1end = 97

| appearances1 =

| tries1 = 10

| goals1 = 0

| fieldgoals1 = 0

| points1 = 40

| club2 = {{nowrap|Featherstone Rovers}}

| year2start = 1998

| year2end = 99

| appearances2 = 42+18

| tries2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| fieldgoals2 = 0

| points2 = 16

| teamA = Tonga

| yearAstart = 1995

| yearAend =

| appearancesA = 2

| triesA = 0

| goalsA = 6

| fieldgoalsA = 0

| pointsA = 12

| ru_teamA = Tonga

| ru_yearAstart = 1987

| ru_yearAend = 88

| ru_appearancesA = 4

| ru_triesA = 0

| ru_goalsA = 4

| ru_fieldgoalsA = 0

| ru_pointsA = 12

| updated =

| source = {{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/10216.html|title=Statistics at espn.co.uk (RU)|publisher=espn.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/asa-amone/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

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Aasaeli Amone (born 8 January 1966), also known by the nickname "Asa", is a Tongan former dual code international rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played representative rugby union for Tonga, as a fly-half, and representative rugby league (RL) for Tonga, and at club level for Halifax Blue Sox and Featherstone Rovers, as a {{rlp|fb|wg|ce}} or {{rlp|pr}}.

Rugby union

Amone played four times for Tonga in 1987, including twice in the 1987 Rugby World Cup.

Rugby league

He played for Tonga in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.

Asa Amone made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 1 February 1998, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during the 1999 season.

=First Division Grand Final appearances=

Asa Amone was a playing interchange/substitute in Featherstone Rovers' 22-24 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1998 First Division Grand Final at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on 26 September 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~Rovers/gpgg11.htm|title=First Division Grand Final - 1998 - A Night To Remember!|publisher=Great Players - Great Games|date=31 December 2010|accessdate=1 January 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011225606/http://www.btinternet.com/~Rovers/gpgg11.htm|archivedate=11 October 2012}}

He also played for various clubs in New Zealand, and was noted for appearances for the Australian club Orange Hawks.{{cite web |last1=COOK |first1=MICHELLE |title=Hawks on top of their game |url=https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/764178/hawks-on-top-of-their-game/ |website=Central Western Daily |language=en-AU |date=10 July 2005}} In 2006 he joined the Qantas Cyms team.{{cite web |last1=DREWE |first1=BEN |title=CYMS bulk up |url=https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/768685/cyms-bulk-up/ |website=Central Western Daily |language=en-AU |date=13 November 2006}}

As of 2011, he worked in a mine in Western Australia.{{cite web |title=Live coverage: Qantas ordered back in the air |url=https://www.traveller.com.au/live-coverage-qantas-ordered-back-in-the-air-1mqtm |website=Traveller |language=en-au |date=31 October 2011}}