Eric Sione

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Eric Sione | image = File:Castres Olympique - Présentation de l'équipe 2015-2016 - Eric Sione.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Eric Dominic Sione | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|10|29}} | birth_place = | height = {{height|m=1.87}} | weight = {{convert|140|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | position = Prop | years1 = 2015–18 | years2 = 2018- | ru_clubupdate = 6 December 2019 | clubs1 = Castres | clubs2 = USA Perpignan | apps1 = 21 | apps2 = 11 | points1 = 5 | points2 = 5 | super1 = {{Rut|Hurricanes}} | superyears1 = 2013–14 | superapps1 = 0 | superpoints1 = 0 | super14update = 4 November 2012 | province1 = Wellington | provinceyears1 = 2012–14 | provinceapps1 = 23 | provincepoints1 = 10 | ru_provinceupdate = 13 October 2014 | repyears1 = 2012 | repteam1 = New Zealand under-20 | repcaps1 = 3 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = 4 November 2012 | school = St. Patrick's College }} '''Eric Sione''' (born 29 October 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a prop. His impressive performances for the Wellington Lions in the ITM Cup saw him named in the {{Rut|Hurricanes}} squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.<ref name="2013 Hurricanes squad named">{{cite web |url=http://www.hurricanes.co.nz/news/2012/10/31/2013-hurricanes-squad-named |title=2013 Hurricanes squad named |date=31 October 2012 |accessdate=4 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126101759/http://www.hurricanes.co.nz/news/2012/10/31/2013-hurricanes-squad-named |archivedate=26 January 2013 }}</ref>

Sione was a member of the New Zealand Under 20 team which competed in the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa.<ref name="Eric Sione IRB JWC Profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.irb.com/jwc/teams/team=3437/player=45604/index.html |title=Eric Sione IRB JWC Profile |accessdate=4 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623083604/http://www.irb.com/jwc/teams/team%3D3437/player%3D45604/index.html |archivedate=23 June 2012 }}</ref>

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== External links == *[http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_26299.html itsrugby.co.uk profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sione, Eric}} Category:Living people Category:1992 births Category:New Zealand rugby union players Category:Rugby union props Category:Wellington rugby union players Category:People educated at St Patrick's College, Wellington Category:Castres Olympique players Category:USA Perpignan players Category:New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in France Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen