Iulio "Bunty" Afoa (born 20 August 1996) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League(NRL) Afoa was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and is of Samoan[3] descent and attended St Paul's College.

[6] Afoa played in his 50th Holden Cup match in 2015 and was named the Junior Warriors player of the year at the end of the season.

[citation needed] On 18 February, Afoa was ruled out for the entire 2020 NRL season after suffering an ACL injury at pre-season training.

[15] In round 13 of the 2022 NRL season, Afoa was sent to the sin bin for a professional foul and later scored a try in New Zealand's 44-12 loss against Manly.

[17] Afoa played 21 games for the New Zealand Warriors in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 4th on the table and qualified for the finals.