Eddie Ioane
Eddie Ioane (born June 2, 1966) is a Samoan rugby union player. He played as lock.
| Date of birth | 2 June 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Apia, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Akira Ioane (son) Rieko Ioane (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Sandra Wihongi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
His first match for Samoa was against Tonga, at Apia, on June 17, 1990. He was also part of the 1991 Rugby World Cup roster. He retired after the World Cup. In the NPC he played for Auckland.[1]
Personal life
He is married with the former Black Fern Sandra Wihongi and he is the father of Akira and Rieko Ioane, both of them playing for the All Blacks Sevens[2] and for the All Blacks.
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gollark: The additional spending of the top ones apparently goes on research quite a lot. That doesn't impact teaching quality much in *most* areas, since I don't think that much of your education is going to be in state of the art research. Maybe the last year.
gollark: Prestigious is the more accurate word I guess.
gollark: I expect there are significant diminishing returns with actual teaching quality in the trendier universities.
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References
- It's always worth reading about again the day Manu Samoa arrived on the Rugby World Cup scene and beat Wales
- Toby Robson (February 5, 2014). "Akira Ioane brings size, pedigree to NZ sevens". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
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