New Zealand born Tongan crossover athlete Pakisonasi Afu played in Major League Rugby during the inaugural 2018 season. He represented the Utah Warriors for his entire MLR career.

Born in Auckland, NZ, Pakisonasi Afu played rugby league as an Otahuhu Leopards junior before moving to Australia as a teenager in 2008. In Australia, Afu signed with Toyota Cup side the Canterbury Bulldogs, playing there from 2008-2010. He earned his international rugby league debut with Tonga in 2009, and was named in the Junior Kiwis squad the following year. In 2011 he signed with the Parramatta Eels in the NRL, playing with development side the Wentworthville Magpies, before heading to the Phillippines on a Mormon Mission.

Pakisonasi Afu returned to New Zealand in 2014, returning to his junior club the Otahuhu Leopards as a senior, before participating in the NSW cup with the New Zealand Warriors the following year and signing with the Sydney Roosters later in 2015, playing with the Wyong Roos through 2016. In 2017, Afu switched codes to rugby union and played with the Tonga A side in the Pacific Challenge and Americas Rugby Challenge that year. Ahead of MLR’s 2018 season Pakisonasi Afu signed with the Utah Warriors, representing them through their inaugural campaign, earning 4 appearances and scoring 1 try on 117m gained.