Auvasa Faleali'i Explained

Auvasa Faleali'i
Birth Date:9 February 1990
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Height:5 ft 11 in
Weight:198 lb
School:De La Salle College
Position:Scrum-half
Provinceyears1:2009–12
Provinceapps1:17
Provincepoints1:10
Repyears1:2017–
Repcaps1:6
Reppoints1:0

Auvasa Faleali'i (born 9 February 1990) is a New Zealand-born Samoan rugby union player.[1]

Biography

Raised in Auckland, Faleali'i is the youngest of five brothers and was educated at De La Salle College, where he co-captained the first XV. He competed in the NPC with Auckland and was their "rookie of the year" in 2009.[2]

Faleali'i, a scrum-half, has played with the Greater Sydney Rams, Randwick and Waratahs (Newcastle) in Australia. He was selected to the New South Wales Barbarians squad in 2013 for a tour of Argentina.[3]

In 2015, Faleali'i was signed by French club USO Nevers.[4]

Faleali'i debuted for Samoa at the 2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Callinan . Josh . Faleali'i on world rugby stage . . 15 June 2017 . en-AU.
  2. News: Hume . Tim . Auckland NPC player tells of killer brother . . 27 September 2009.
  3. News: Gardiner . James . Auvasa earns plane ticket to Argentina . Newcastle Herald . 17 July 2013 . en-AU.
  4. News: Rugby/Fédérale 1 : le Samoan Auvasa Falealii dernière recrue de l'USO Nevers . www.lejdc.fr . 23 June 2015 . French.
  5. News: Sport: Teams tinkered with for PNC rugby climax . . 13 July 2017 . en-nz.