43-year-old Hesekaia Fakatou played 12 times for Tonga in international rugby matches, including once against the New Zealand All Blacks in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
Now he and his family live in Solihull, England. He works full-time in the construction industry.
Recently he was called to serve as a bishop (lay minister) in his local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Read more at the Solihull Observer.
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