| Born | (1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (age 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 kg (260 lb; 18.6 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jone Tawake (born 17 April 1982), is aFijian born rugby union player. He currently competes in theTop 14 forToulon. He previously played in theSuper 14 competition for theACT Brumbies and theNew South Wales Waratahs. His position of choice isflanker ornumber 8. He is also noted for having had a finger amputated to aid his game.
Tawake originally attended theKinross Wolaroi School inOrange before joining Super 14 team, theNew South Wales Waratahs. He made his debut for the Waratahs in 2002 against theChiefs and even managed to score a try. At the conclusion of the2003 Super 12 season, Tawake left the Waratahs after playing in ten matches over two seasons. He joined theACT Brumbies in 2004 but was hampered by injury.
Jone Tawake immigrated toAustralia at a young age fromSuva,Fiji. Tawake was avolleyball schoolboy star during his earlier days before switching to Rugby Union. He goes by the nickname of 'Wacky'. He's a big fan of American-Canadian actor/comedianJim Carrey. Tawake married Nadene Wells on 9 December 2006. During some time spent inWangaratta (the home town of his wife) in early 2009, Jone was instrumental in getting local Volleyball team "Just Do It" from 9th (of 10 teams) to 4th, and competing with them in the Quarter Finals of the local Volleyball season.[citation needed]
In October 2006, Tawake made the tough call to have his right ring finger amputated after breaking it badly during the course of the2006 Super 14 season. He originally had surgery to hold the finger in place after dislocating it, but the finger developed an infection and the only alternative was amputation.[1] He made a full recovery, and had hoped to gain a place onAustralia orFiji's list for the2007 Rugby World Cup, however this was not the case.
