Sione Kalamafoni (born 18 May 1988) is a rugby union footballer who plays at number 8 for Scarlets. Kalamafoni played for Tonga at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, 2015 Rugby World Cup and the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Personal life
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Kalamafoni first signed to Nottingham in the RFU Championship from the 2010/11 season. On 15 March 2012, Kalamafoni would leave Nottingham to sign for Gloucester Rugby in the Aviva Premiership on a two-year contract from 2012/13 season. On 14 November 2013, Kalamafoni signed a two-year contract extension with Gloucester until the end of 2015/16 season.

On 1 June 2017 Leicester Tigers announced that Kalamafoni would be joining them for the 2017-18 season.

On 26 March 2020, it was confirmed that Kalamafoni would sign for Welsh region Scarlets in the Pro14 ahead of the 2020-21 season.

Personal life

Kalamafoni is a Mormon and undertook a two-year mission in Chicago at the age of 18. In January 2021 he and his family became British citizens.

References

External links

• Sione Kalamafoni at ESPNscrum
• 2011 Rugby World Cup Profile
• Gloucester Rugby profile