| Name | Iulio "Bunty" Afoa |
| Born | 20 August 1996 (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| Height | 188cm |
| Weight | 113kg |
| Position | Prop, Second Row, Lock |
| Warriors Player Number | #213 |
| Warriors Debut | Round 17 vs. Gold Coast Titans, 02 July 2016 |
| Warriors Career | 2016- |
| Representative | Samoa |
| Junior Club | Point Chevalier Pirates, Mount Albert Lions |
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Prop,
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Debut: 2016-07-02
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Height (cm)
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Weight (kg)
213
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🇼🇸
Prop,
Lock,
Active
Debut: 2016-07-02
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Age
188
Height (cm)
110
Weight (kg)
Player Bunty Afoa
- Thread starter WahsaurusRex
- Start date
- Full Name
- Iulio Afoa
- Date of Birth
- Aug 20, 1996
- Birth Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Nationality
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇼🇸 Samoa
- Height (cm)
- 188 cm
- Weight (kg)
- 110 kg
- Position/s
- Prop
- Lock
- Nickname
- Bunts
- Warrior #
- 213
- NRL Debut Date
- Jul 2, 2016
- NRL Debut Details
- NRL 2016, Round 17, NZ Warriors Vs Gold Coast Titans
- Warriors Debut Date
- Jul 2, 2016
- Warriors Debut Details
- NRL 2016, Round 17, Gold Coast Titans
- Warriors Years Active
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
- Signed From
- Point Chevalier Pirates
- Junior Club/s
- Point Chevalier Pirates, Mount Albert Lions
- Rep Honours
- Samoa
- Status
- Active
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunty_Afoa
- Rugby League Project
- https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/bunty-afoa/summary.html
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I've shared elsewhere that my inner nerd worked out Bunty's +/- this season & in terms of solely his minutes the team conceded 27 tries & scored 18. Someone challenged this to say that if I would isolate Bunty's first stint, in matches he started, I'd see a reverse in these numbers. Turns out that didn't push his case at all with 14 tries conceded & 12 scored. An overall points total of 64-84 in those combined opening minutes.
By comparison (regular season only), when he played off the bench or didn't play at all, we were 50 points for & 50 points against in the minutes leading up to the first Interchange of a middle forward.
It goes against the commonly held belief that we start better with him & he helps soften up the opposition
By comparison (regular season only), when he played off the bench or didn't play at all, we were 50 points for & 50 points against in the minutes leading up to the first Interchange of a middle forward.
It goes against the commonly held belief that we start better with him & he helps soften up the opposition
unless of course we only start him when we're up against the better packs
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Not contradicting your stats at all here, but at the start of games, especially in the first half of the year, the whole side looked clueless for the opening minutes, throw in uncharacteristic errors from CNK (not singling him out) we seem to come in cold.
I can accept Bunty is not going to make an ideal 17, which still probably leaves him as a handy depth player for injury cover and to bridge the looming arrival of the NSW cup noobs.
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Cces you are officially the ‘Deep Dive’ co-ordinator of NZ Warriors.
Maybe we would have been worse off in those games if he didn’t start.
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Honestly it did my head in when I saw posters write 'Bunty to start, so that he can soften the opposition up'....He's never been the guy to knock out powerful runs or damaging hits.
I thought it was pretty telling that he was dropped, and Webby came out and said something like 'he needs to own the moments' or get more involved, and he came out and did more of the same, which is a shame.
He seems like a great clubman and I would be more than happy for him to stay on and play that depth/4th prop option moving forward, but hes coming to the age now where he should be in his prime and if he doesn't change something up he'll get left behind
I thought it was pretty telling that he was dropped, and Webby came out and said something like 'he needs to own the moments' or get more involved, and he came out and did more of the same, which is a shame.
He seems like a great clubman and I would be more than happy for him to stay on and play that depth/4th prop option moving forward, but hes coming to the age now where he should be in his prime and if he doesn't change something up he'll get left behind
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Can someone give him some angry pills and a bit of an ego massage so he can belt his frame around like a tough guy? Time to be a leader Bunty.
Great to see Bunty make an important contribution in attack yesterday to go along with his usual decoys & tidy defensive work.
I like stats but they don't take into consideration the intangibles. Case in point is Bunty.
In the 4 games he's started we've been behind in 3 of them when he gets subbed off for a rest (only exception is a 6-4 lead vs the Rabbitohs). In these 4 games, when he's on the paddock the team has an overall negative points differential due to poor starts, but if you only isolated his second stints they're at +24.
At the end of the day it's about Wins & Loses and when Bunty has started this season we've won 3 out of 4.
I like stats but they don't take into consideration the intangibles. Case in point is Bunty.
In the 4 games he's started we've been behind in 3 of them when he gets subbed off for a rest (only exception is a 6-4 lead vs the Rabbitohs). In these 4 games, when he's on the paddock the team has an overall negative points differential due to poor starts, but if you only isolated his second stints they're at +24.
At the end of the day it's about Wins & Loses and when Bunty has started this season we've won 3 out of 4.
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He's good for this season and next, but I am not keeping bunty beyond 2025!
Ale should be more mature and Zyon Maiu’u will be pushing hard. Then there is T S Smith.
We will be okay without bunty.
Can anyone name me one of buntys finest moments in a warriors jersey?
The chase back defending a break where he ran them down and saved a try.
It was epic!
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Okay so what are we talking...... 3 or 4 year extension?The chase back defending a break where he ran them down and saved a try.
It was epic!
I may have missed it in some dark hidden corner of the forum (I tend not to go in those, as it is pretty scary there...I went to the Political forum once...), but there doesn't seem to be much fanfare for Bunty.
10 years of reliable, dedicated clubmanship. Our longest serving player.
All the best Bunty, thanks for wearing our colours with pride.
10 years of reliable, dedicated clubmanship. Our longest serving player.
All the best Bunty, thanks for wearing our colours with pride.
