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

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player for English club Worcester Warriors in the

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and in the national

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team.

Early life

Fa'osiliva grew up in the village of Afega, situated on the central north coast of

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

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

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in the

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 Worcester Warriors 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 that won the

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. He was nominated for the 2010

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alongside team captain

Lolo Lui Lolo Lui (born 4 January 1982) is a Samoan rugby union player. He captained the Samoa Sevens team which won the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. Lui was born and raised in Moata'a, the same village as former All Blacks star Michael Jones and ...

and Mikaele Pesamino. He represented the Samoa 15s team during the

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References

External links

Official Samoa Rugby Union website
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