He played for Marlborough, at the NPC, and was an international player for the New Zealand Māori team.
He was the coach of the Oceanian team at the 2003 Rugby World Cup finals.
Tonga lost all four matches, but achieved a bonus point in the 20–27 loss to Wales.
He was a co-founder in 1999 of the New Zealand Sports Academy in Rotorua with Darrall Shelford [1] Since 2007 he has been coaching the Italian side Rugby Viadana; under his coaching Viadana won the 2006-07 Italian Cup.
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