The Utah Warriors have kept a core of players from the 2018 Major League Rugby season. The 26-year-old center and fullback is 5’11” and 220 lbs and is one of the core members.
Iniki is the oldest of 8 children and grew up in Denver, Colorado. He attended Mountain Range High School and played rugby with the Aurora Saracens. He also spent time playing in the Glendale Raptors Academy, with Belmont Shore and with the Tiger Rugby Academy in Columbus, Ohio.
In 2012 Iniki played with the USA Rugby Junior All-Americans in the Junior World Rugby Trophy, while with the Raptors. In 2013 it was on to Columbus and he played with Tiger Rugby at the Las Vegas Invitational. In 2014, while playing with the Raptors, he played in the Central Coast Sevens with Stars Rugby 7s. In 2016 he played in the Pacific Rugby Premiership with the Raptors and with Atlantis Rugby in the 2016 Rugbytown 7s. Iniki has been a great addition to the Utah Warriors and will continue to be in 2019.
Iniki, like many of his teammates is married to his wife Eternity, and they have a baby boy Ammon.
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