Monty Ioane

Early life Monty Ioane was born to a Samoan father, Paul, and a Fijian mother, Vika, in Melbourne, Victoria.

At age 18, Ioane moved to Paris, France, to play professionally. His uncle Digby had signed with Stade Français and worked out a deal to have Monty sign to the club with him. In 2015, Digby shifted to playing in Japan while Monty moved to play in New Zealand. and was a part of their U21 squad, the Espoirs. Ioane played for the club in the first-tier French Top 14 competition during the 2014–15 season. He played six games for the club, and against the Hong Kong national team in April.

He signed to play for the Bay of Plenty Steamers, but was immediately placed on loan to Tasman Mako, playing for them in the second-tier Championship during the 2015 ITM Cup.

Bay of Plenty Ioane played for the Bay of Plenty Steamers in the second-tier Championship during the 2016 Mitre 10 Cup. In the 2017 season, Bay of Plenty reached the finals of the Championship but missed out on promotion after losing to Wellington. That year Ioane caught the eye of Antonio Pavanello, the sporting director of Benetton, who was looking to sign a wing for his club. He extended his contract with Benetton for a further two seasons until 2020.

When his contract expired, he re-signed until 2022, making himself eligible for a call to the Italian national team. According to World Rugby's rules prior to 2018, Ioane was eligible from November 2020 after completing three years of residency in Italy. In July 2020, for the first time, he was invited to take part to the Italian national team camp. In December 2020, he made the Italy squad again. He played with Benetton Rugby until September 2022.

Statistics List of international test tries As of 8 November 2025

Personal life He is the nephew of Digby Ioane, and is the cousin of Pete Samu,

Ioane has two daughters with his girlfriend Melisa Dasci. Ioane was born into a Catholic family but has stated he wasn't religious. Ioane described himself as being in his room and "having a low point in [his] life" when he turned to and spoke with his partner Melisa, who was born Muslim, who "started talking about God" leading him to take an interest in studying religion. After Ott messaged him one day, the two met for dinner where he learned of how Ott had changed his life in a positive direction. Ioane later received religious assistance from Benetton teammate Cherif Traore.

He enjoys relaxing by playing the guitar or listening to music, and is an avid reader.

Super Rugby statistics

Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red 2023 13 13 0 963 2 0 0 0 10 0 0Total 13 13 0 963 2 0 0 0 10 0 0