Afeaki has played for the
Wellington Lions in the
National Provincial Championship, the
Hurricanes in the international
Super 14 competition,
Secom and
Ricoh in Japan before joining the
Scarlets in Wales. He represented
Grenoble in the French
Pro D2. He captained
Tonga at the
2003 Rugby World Cup. He signed for Saint Etienne in 2009. In 1986-90, he attended St Bernard's College in Wellington, in 1991 and 1992 he played for the Wellington under 19 and 21 teams respectively. He played for Petone from 1992 through to 1999, and the Wellington Lions from 1993–96 and again from 1999-01. In 1994–95 he played part of the season in Italy with
Rugby Viadana in the First division of the Italian championship alongside
Tana Umaga, who later became captain of the
All Blacks. He made his Super 12 debut for the Hurricanes in 1996, in the first season. He played in Japan from 1997–98, then returned to the Hurricanes from 1999 to 2001. He went back to Japan in 2002 and played there until 2005.
International career He made his debut for Tonga on May 26, 1995 in a match against
France, coming on as a replacement in
Pretoria during the
1995 Rugby World Cup. He also played in two other matches during the tournament, in the starting line-up, against
Scotland and
Côte d'Ivoire. He next played for Tonga in November 2001 when he started against Scotland at
Murrayfield Stadium. He captained them in their next match against
Wales, in which he scored a
try. He retained the captaincy for the following season and played four matches for Tonga in 2002. Following captaining them in a number of internationals in 2003, he then led Tonga at the
2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. In 2004 he was the captain of the
Pacific Islanders rugby union team that played a series of matches against southern nations. In an incident during the match against Côte d’Ivoire he tackled Max Brito, an ivoirian player, who broke his neck in the following Ruck that collapsed on him. Afeaki was coach and technical director at
Singapore Rugby Union from 2012 to 2017, before taking sports administration positions in Tonga. == Personal life ==