Richard Fou'a Mo'unga (born 25 May 1994) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a first five-eighth or fly-half for Canterbury in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup, the Crusaders in the international Super Rugby competition, and the All Blacks.
Mo’unga is of Tongan and Samoan descent, his dad Saimone Mo’unga comes from ‘Eua in Tonga and his mother Linda Mo’unga comes from Samoa. Mo’unga is one of six children, three boys and three girls. Mo'unga was initially educated at Riccarton High School in his hometown before being offered a scholarship at St. Andrew's College where he played u15 in 2009 then first XV rugby for 3 years and captained them in his senior year (2012). After graduating from high school he began playing for Linwood in the local Canterbury senior club rugby competition while at the same time being a member of the Canterbury Academy.
He was not named as a full member of Canterbury's squad for the 2013 ITM Cup, but in what was just his first year out of high school, he was called up to cover injuries and All Black absences and went on to make 8 appearances during the campaign which culminated in Canterbury defeating Wellington in the Premiership final. He was upgraded to a full-squad member in 2014 and played in 10 matches, featuring both at first five-eighth and fullback as Canterbury fell at the tournament's semi-final stage.