Alafoti Fa'osiliva (born 28 October 1985) is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player for English club

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in the Aviva Premiership and in the national

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...

team.

Early life

Fa'osiliva grew up in the village of

Afega Afega is a village on the island of Upolu in Samoa. It is located on the central north coast of the island to the west of the capital Apia in the countryside. The population is 1998. Afega is part of electoral constituency (''faipule district'') S ...

, situated on the central north coast of

Upolu Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean. The island is long and in area, making it the second largest of the Samoan Islands by area. With approximate ...

island. He attended the local Sagaga Primary School followed by neighbouring

Leulumoega Leulumoega Tuai is a village situated on the northwest coast Upolu island in Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two mai ...

College. In 2004, at the age of 19, he was selected for the Samoa Under 21 team. He also plays for the national

Samoa national rugby union team The Samoa national rugby union team (also known as Manu Samoa) represents Samoa in men's international rugby union and it is governed by the Samoa Rugby Union. They are also known as Manu Samoa, which is thought to derive from the name of a Sam ...

Club career

Faosiliva joined

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in the summer of 2012. He made his first start in the RFU Championship game against London Scottish on 29 November 2012 at the Memorial Stadium. After leaving

, Fa'osiliva joined Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership for the 2013/14 season. On 13 May 2016 it was confirmed he had been released from Bath due to a recent guilty plea for assault and consequent suspended custodial sentence. On 2 August 2016, Faosiliva signed for local rivals

from the 2016–17 season, following his release from Bath. This was followed by a move to Championship club Bedford Blues in the 19–20 season. He is now lead player coach at Chippenham RFC.

International career

Fa’osiliva was part of the

Samoa national rugby sevens team The Samoa national rugby sevens team, referred to as Samoa Sevens or Manu Samoa 7s, competes in the annual World Rugby Sevens Series. Representing the polynesian country of Samoa, with a population of about 202,000, the team competes against so ...

that won the

2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series The 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series was the eleventh of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. Samoa won the IRB Sevens World Series crown for their firs ...

. He was nominated for the 2010 IRB International Sevens Player of the Year alongside team captain Lolo Lui and

Mikaele Pesamino Mikaele Pesamino (born 2 April 1984) is a rugby union player in the Samoa Sevens team. He was the highest point scorer in the 2009–2010 IRB Sevens World Series helping his country in securing their first World Series crown and was awarded th ...

. He represented the Samoa 15s team during the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

References

External links

Official Samoa Rugby Union website
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