Aaliyah Fasavalu-Fa'amausili (born 21 December 2000) is an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer who last played for the St George Illawarra in the NRL Women's Premiership and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the

NSWRL Women's Premiership The Harvey Norman Women's Premiership is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. It is the only state wide open age competition for women in New South Wales and is run by New South Wales Rugby League. The NSWRL Women's Premier ...

Background

Born in Westmead, New South Wales, Fasavalu-Fa'amausili began playing rugby league for the Auburn Warriors when she was 11.

Playing career

In 2017, Fasavalu-Fa'amausili played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the

Tarsha Gale Cup The Tarsha Gale Cup is one of the main Women's rugby league elite aged group competitions in Australia. The New South Wales Rugby League announced the creation of a nine-a-side under-18s women's league for 2017 Named the Tarsha Gale Nines aft ...

. In 2018, she moved to the St George Illawarra Dragons Tarsha Gale Cup team and was named as a development player for the Dragons' NRL Women's Premiership team. On 6 October 2018, she played for the Prime Minister's XIII in their 40–4 win over Papua New Guinea.

2019

In May, Fasavalu-Fa'amausili represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships. On 18 June, she re-signed with the Dragons, joining their full NRLW squad. In Round 2 of the

2019 NRL Women's season The 2019 NRL Women's Premiership was the second season of professional women's rugby league in Australia. Teams Pre-season Regular season The season again operated under a round-robin format, with games played as curtain-raisers to the ...

, she made her debut for the Dragons in their 26–6 win over the New Zealand Warriors. On 6 October, she started on the bench in the Dragons' 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.

2020

In 2020, she played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the

. In Round 3 of the

2020 NRL Women's season The 2020 NRL Women's Premiership was the third season of professional women's rugby league in Australia. Teams Pre-season Regular season The season operated under a round-robin format, with games played as curtain-raisers to the 2020 NR ...

, she scored her first NRLW try in the Dragons' 10–22 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.

References

External links

St George Illawarra Dragons profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fasavalu-Fa'amausili, Aaliyah 2000 births Living people Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent Australian female rugby league players Prime Minister's XIII women players Rugby league props Rugby league hookers St. George Illawarra Dragons (NRLW) players Rugby league players from Sydney Sportswomen from New South Wales