David Fatialofa is a New Zealand

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

player who played professionally in England for

Whitehaven Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...

Playing career

Fatialofa was an

Auckland Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as ...

junior and played in the

1995 Lion Red Cup The 1995 New Zealand rugby league season was the 88th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the second season of the Lion Red Cup competition that was run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The ...

final. He also represented the

Junior Kiwis The Junior Kiwis side represents New Zealand in the sport of rugby league. They are commonly known as the Junior Kiwis, after the native bird of that name. Since 2010, they are an under-20s side, with players selected from the NRL, Intrust Super ...

in 1992 and 1993 and played in France during the 1995/96 season. He then moved to England, joining the

under New Zealand coach Stan Martin. He was named in the 2000 World Cup train on squad for

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 Island, Manono an ...

but did not make the final squad. In 2005 Fatialofa won the club's Player of Year award.Player Profiles
''marras.co.uk'' He retired at the end of the 2008 season.FATIALOFA HANGS UP HIS BOOTS
''The Whitehaven News'', 28 August 2008 He returned in 2010 to play for Whitehaven in a testimonial match for Neil Frazer.LEGENDS SET TO TURN OUT FOR TESTIMONIAL
''News & Star'', 24 September 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fatialofa, David Living people New Zealand rugby league players Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent Junior Kiwis players Rugby league props Year of birth missing (living people)