Tongan rugby union player.
Rugby player
Gus Leger
Birth name Augustine Joseph Leger Date of birth (1974-10-12 ) 12 October 1974 (age 50) Place of birth Tokoroa , New Zealand Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Weight 220 lb (100 kg) School Avondale College Position(s)
Centre Years
Team
Apps
(Points) 1995
Manurewa
() –
Pukekohe
() Years
Team
Apps
(Points) 1997
East Coast
29
(40) 1999-2002
Counties Manukau
10
(15) Years
Team
Apps
(Points) 2001–2003
Tonga
15
(0)
Augustine Joseph Leger (born 12 October 1974 in Tokoroa ) is a New-Zealand born Tongan rugby union player. He played as centre.
Career
Club career
Leger first played rugby union with the Avondale College team from Auckland , and he played for the New Zealand national under-17 rugby union team, where he played alongside Jonah Lomu and Taine Randell . During his stay in the United States , he played baseball for three years. Leger later returned to New Zealand, to play softball and become a New Zealand, then a Samoan international.[ 1] East Coast and with Counties Manukau in the National Provincial Championship .[ 2]
International career
Leger was first capped for Tonga during a match against Scotland , on 10 November 2001, at Murrayfield . He was also part of the Tongan roster for the 2003 Rugby World Cup , playing three matches in the tournament, with his last test cap being against Canada , on 29 October 2003, in Wollongong .[ 3]
In 2023 he was appointed head coach of Moana Pasifika.[ 4]
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