Pama Fou
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| Date of birth | 6 September 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb; 14 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pama Fou (born 6 September 1990) was a professional rugby union player. His usual position wass as a Utility back and he currently played for italian team Petrarca Padova in Top10.
He represented Australia in Sevens Rugby. Born in Auckland, New Zealand and playing for Souths at a senior level, he debuted for Australia in October 2011. As of December 2015, he currently has 25 caps.
Pama Fou represented Queensland and made the Australian Institute of Sport squad in volleyball as a teenager before a persistent shoulder injury forced him to quit the sport aged 19. Two years later, coach Michael O'Connor plucked Pama from Brisbane rugby club Souths. Pama has played on the Sevens World Series circuit 14 times since making his debut at the 2011 Gold Coast Sevens and has been likened as the Sevens version of Wallaby superstar Israel Folau. Despite missing the 2013/14 HSBC Sevens World Series with injury, Pama was named in the 2014 Commonwealth Games squad and memorably scored the winning try in the come-from-behind win over Wales in the Cup Quarter-Finals.[1]
In 2016 Fou signed with the Melbourne Rebels to play Super Rugby starting in 2017; he was given leave to train with the Australian Sevens, however a knee injury interrupted his Olympic preparations. In July 2016 he re-signed with the Rebels on a one-year contract.[2] In summer 2021 he signed for Italian Serie A Elite team Petrarca Padova until 2024.[3][4][5]
Super Rugby statistics
[edit]- As of 15 July 2018[6]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ Tucker, Jim (6 October 2014). "Pama Fou the X-factor Australia needs to mix it with New Zealand and Fiji in World Sevens Series". The Courier-Mail.
- ^ Melbourne Rebels (25 July 2016). "Rebels sign Pama Fou" (Press release). Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "BENVENUTI ANGELO ESPOSITO E ALBERTO SGARBI". Rugby Petrarca (in Italian). 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "BENVENUTO PAMA FOU". Petrarca Rugby. 25 October 2021.
- ^ "COMUNICATO STAMPA". 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.
External links
[edit]- Pama Fou at Rugby.com.au at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 August 2014)
- Pama Fou at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Pama Fou at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Pama Fou at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- 1990 births
- Australian rugby union players
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Australia
- Male rugby sevens players
- Australia international rugby sevens players
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings
- Melbourne Rebels players
- Western Force players
- Sydney (NRC team) players
- Petrarca Rugby players
- Australian expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- Eastwood Rugby Club players