{{Short description|Tonga international rugby union player}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Kuli Faletau | image = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|12|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Nuku'alofa, Tonga | height = {{height|m=1.97}} | weight = {{convert|252|lb|kg}} | relatives = Taulupe Faletau (son) | position = Lock | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = Toa-ko-ma'afu | amatteam2 = Tonmawr | ru_amupdate = | clubs1 = Ebbw Vale | clubs2 = Pontypool | apps1 = 11 | apps2 = 59 | points1 = 10 | points2 = 35 | years1 = 1997–00 | years2 = 2001–03 | ru_clubupdate = | repyears1 = 1988–99 | repteam1 = Tonga | repcaps1 = 20 | reppoints1 = 9 }} '''Kuli Faletau''' (born 30 December 1963) is a Tongan former international rugby union player who played as a lock. He is Tonga's most capped forward.<ref name = "son1"/>
==Career== Faletau played as a lock, and played in 20 tests for Tonga between 1988 and 1999, scoring 2 tries and 9 points.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/player/11255.html|title=Profile|work=ESPNscrum}}</ref>
He also appeared at the 1999 Rugby World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rugby/world_cup/news/1999/09/26/tonga_bios/|title=Tonga Player Biographies|publisher=Sports Illustrated / CNN|access-date=2011-12-03|archive-date=2012-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023180506/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rugby/world_cup/news/1999/09/26/tonga_bios/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Faletau played at club level for Tonmawr, Toa-ko-ma'afu, Ebbw Vale and Pontypool.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tonmawrrfc.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=100416|title=Profile|publisher=Tonmawr RFC|access-date=2011-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304121906/http://www.tonmawrrfc.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=100416|archive-date=2012-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name = "son2"/>
==Personal life== He is the father of Welsh professional rugby union player Taulupe Faletau.<ref name = "son1">{{cite news|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/5022155.Faletau_starts_for_Wales_Under_20s/|title=Faletau starts for Wales Under-20s|date=20 February 2010|author=Iwan Davies|newspaper=South Wales Argus}}</ref><ref name = "son2">{{cite news|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/5063592.Faletau_set_for_first_start/|title=Faletau set for first start|date=16 March 2010|author=Robin Davey|newspaper=South Wales Argus}}</ref> He also has two other sons,<ref name = "fortune">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/16785512|title=Six Nations: Family fortune for Faletau favours Wales|date=1 February 2012|author=Peter Shuttleworth|work=BBC Sport}}</ref> and is a lay preacher in Wales.<ref name = "fortune"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Tonga Squad 1999 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Faletau, Kuli}} Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Tongan rugby union players Category:Tonga international rugby union players Category:Tongan expatriate rugby union players in Wales Kuli Faletau Category:Rugby union locks Category:Rugby union players from Nukuʻalofa Category:Rugby union players from Tongatapu Category:1999 Rugby World Cup players Category:Ebbw Vale RFC players Category:Pontypool RFC players