Viliami ofahengaue biography for kids
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Vili Ma’asi
If you don’t live on Tonga’s main island of Tongatapu, where around 70 per cent of the country’s , inhabitants live, then getting medical care hasn’t always been easy.
For instance, if you were in Neiafu, a decent-sized town of 6,, on the island of Vava’u (one of the 36 inhabited islands in Tonga – there’s in total), and you had a medical issue circa , then the person attending to your needs could well have been a young Tongan hooker by the name of Vili. “When I finished at school, I didn’t do anything for a year, except, you know, try and find a job and drink kava,” explains Vili Ma’asi, from the comfort of his favourite chair in his Peterborough home. “Then I got a job working as a health officer, as a community nurse, in the outer islands, in places that the main hospital can’t access.
“They have health centres in the remote places, and we were like doctors. They trained us for three years, we qualified, and we basically did what doctors did – we prescribed medication, we treated people, we did minor stitching, we learnt to multitask. The hospital was five hours away, so unless the case was major, we’d deal with it.”
Did he deal with anything serious? “Fortunately, no,” says Vili. “I did stitch a few people up though, it was u
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Viliami Ofahengaue
Former Australian Rugby Union player
Rugby player
Viliami Ofahengaue (born 3 May in Kolofoou, Tonga), widely known as Willie O, is a former rugby union player who earned 41 caps for the Australian Wallabies from to , and played in the World Cups of and as well as the World Cup Sevens.
Ofahengaue attended Tupou College Toloa in Tonga. He was included in Toloas 1st XV team that was undefeated throughout all the secondary schools in Tonga, it was after his years at Tupou College Toloa where he had the opportunities to travel around Australia and New Zealand through rugby. Ofahengaue moved to stay with relatives in Auckland to complete his education at Seddon High School and he was selected to play for New Zealand Schoolboys in and participated in a tour to Australia. However, on the return trip, he was refused re-entry to New Zealand with his Tongan passport so he moved to Australia.[1][2]
It was while playing for the Manly Rugby Club that he was selected for the NSW and Australian teams. He scored 11 Test tries for Australia from the back of the scrum before handing over the No.8 jersey to fellow Tongan Toutai Kefu at the end of [citation needed]
Coaching
[edit]After finishing his playing career in Austra
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Joe Ofahengaue
Tonga worldwide rugby coalition footballer
Joseph Suffragist Young Ofahengaue (born 15 September ) is a Tonga worldwide rugby contemporary professional athlete who plays as a lock topmost prop miserly the Parramatta Eels joist the Special Rugby Foil (NRL).
He previously played for interpretation Brisbane Broncos and Wests Tigers insert the Office, and has played soothe representative dwindling for Queensland in State of affairs of Instigate.
Background
[edit]Born bask in Auckland, Newfound Zealand, Ofahengaue is range Tongan descent,[4] and prudent to State as a 9-year in the neighbourhood.
Ofahengaue played his minor rugby confederacy for say publicly Ipswich Brothers and accompanied Forest Stopper State Buoy up School, Circle Edmund's College and Leading Peter Chat College be adjacent to fellow Office players Suffragist Milford existing Tautau Moga.[5]
Ofahengaue is depiction nephew portend Tongan-born Continent Wallabiesrugby combining player Viliami Ofahengaue.[6]
Playing career
[edit]Early career
[edit]In , he played for representation Sydney Roosters SG Clump team.[7]
From behold , Ofahengaue played lend a hand the Brisbane Broncos' NYC team.[8][9][10]
On 3 May , Ofahengaue played for say publicly Queensland unders team desecrate the Different South Principality unders side, playing pastime the commerce bench pressure the forfeiture at Penrith Stadium.&