Fehi Fineanganofo

Fehi Fineanganofo (born 31 August 2002) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player, who currently plays as a wing for Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition and the Hurricanes in Super Rugby. He has also played for the New Zealand national sevens team.^[1]

Fehi Fineanganofo

Full name	Fatafehi F. Fineanganofo
Date of birth	(2002-08-31) 31 August 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb)
School	Auckland Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Current team Bay of Plenty, Hurricanes Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2023– Bay of Plenty 14 (35) 2025– Hurricanes 10 (25) Correct as of 26 May 2025 National sevens team Years Team Comps 2023– New Zealand Correct as of 21 July 2024

Early life

As a youngster, Fineanganofoa initially played rugby league. It was only when he attended Auckland Grammar School that he started playing rugby union.^[2]

Senior career

Fineanganofo plays for Bay of Plenty in the National Provincial Championship. He was named in the Steamers' squad for the first time in 2023.^[3]

In November 2024, he signed a two-year contract with the Hurricanes ahead of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season.^[4]

International career

In 2020, Fineanganofo was invited to attend a Barbarians Under 18 Development Camp, at the end of which he was named in the New Zealand Secondary Schools team. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was only a paper team and it didn't play any games.^[5][6]

Fineanganofo made his debut for the New Zealand national sevens team in Los Angeles in 2023.^[7] He signed a full time contract with the team for the 2024 season.^[8][9] Described as New Zealand's "breakthrough star" of 2024,^[10] he played as New Zealand won the Singapore leg of the 2023–24 SVNS in May 2024.^[11]

He was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.^[12][13]