Asafo Aumua

BIOGRAPHY

All Black #1163

Aumua was born on 5 May 1997, in Lower Hutt, Wellington, growing up in Naenae. He attended St. Patrick's College, Silverstream where he spent three years in the schools first XV. Aumua had success, winning two regional secondary school sevens titles and was apart of competing in the WelTec Premiership where his side went unbeaten for two years.[2] He earned higher honours after being selected in the 26-man New Zealand Secondary Schools squad for their 2015 tour. Aumua re-joined the side after receiving a call-up from the previous year.[3] Aumua made his debut for Wellington in 2016, becoming a regular starter in 2017. Amumua had an outstanding campaign that year, subsequently being signed by the Hurricanes for the 2018 season. Aumua played for the New Zealand under-20's side in 2016 and 2017, scoring 7 tries for the team over those two seasons. Following his 2017 provincial campaign, Aumua was surprisingly called up to the All Blacks for the 2017 end of year tour despite the fact that he had not even made his Super Rugby debut.