Monty Ioane

Montanna Ioane (born 30 October 1994) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer playing for the Benetton Rugby in the Pro14. He previously played for Stade Français, Tasman Makos, and Bay of Plenty Steamers.

Monty Ioane
Birth nameMontanna Ioane
Date of birth (1994-10-30) 30 October 1994
Place of birthMelbourne, Australia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Notable relative(s)Digby Ioane (uncle)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2015
2015
2016–2017
2017–		 Stade Français
Tasman Makos
Bay of Plenty Steamers
Benetton Rugby		 2
2
22
24		 (0)
(0)
(30)
(70)

Rugby career

After spending time in the Queensland Reds academy, Ioane moved to France in 2013 to play for Stade Francais, making two first team appearances in the Top 14 during the 2014/15 season.[1] He moved to New Zealand joining the Bay of Plenty Steamers, but was immediately placed on loan to Tasman Makos for a season,[2] for whom he made his ITM Cup début in August 2015.[3] He returned to Bay of Plenty for the 2016 season.[4]

After two seasons with Bay of Plenty, Ioane returned to Europe for the northern hemisphere's 2017/18 season where he joined the Italian side Benetton Rugby.[5] He extended his contract with Benetton for a further two seasons until 2020.[6] At the end of the contract, he renewed it until 2022, opening to a call by the Italian national team.[7] In fact, according to the World Rugby rules prior 2018, Ioane is eligible for the Azzurri from November 2020, after three years of residency in Italy.[8] In July 2020, for the first time, he has been invited to take part to the Italian national team camp.[9]

Personal life

Ioane is the nephew of Australian rugby player Digby Ioane.[10]

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References
  1. "La fiche de MONTY Ioane. Rugby - L'Equipe.fr". www.lequipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. "Player Profile - Monty Ioane". www.mako.nz. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. "Two rookie wingers set to make their NPC rugby debuts for Tasman". Stuff. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. "2016 Steamers Squad Announced". www.boprugby.co.nz. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  5. "ALTRO RINFORZO PER LA STAGIONE 2017/2018: DAI BAY OF PLANTY STEAMERS ARRIVA MONTY IOANE". benettonrugby.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  6. "Gran bella notizia per il Benetton Rugby: Monty Ioane ha rinnovato fino al 2020". TrevisoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  7. "Benetton Rugby: prolungati i contratti di Monty Ioane e Jayden Hayward". Rugbymeet. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  8. "Benetton Rugby: prolungati i contratti di Monty Ioane e Jayden Hayward". Rugbymeet. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  9. "Nazionale italiana rugby: i convocati per il raduno di Parma". Onrugby. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  10. "Digby Ioane's model nephew scores hattrick against Scarlets". RugbyPass. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
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