Fa'ausu Afoa (born 29 June 1967) is a Samoan former professional

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 ...

footballer who played in the 1990s for the

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrith ...

and

North Harbour Sea Eagles The North Harbour Sea Eagles were a New Zealand rugby league club that represented North Harbour in the Lion Red Cup from 1994 to 1996. For the first two seasons they were coached by Graeme Norton. There two main feeder clubs were the Northcot ...

, and for

Western 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); a ...

.''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994'',

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, 1994. p.102

Background

Afoa was born in

Apia, Samoa Apia () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Samoa, as well as the nation's only city. It is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second-largest island. Apia falls within the political district (''itūmālō ...

Career

He played for the

New Zealand XIII The New Zealand Residents (also previously known as New Zealand 'A', New Zealand XIII, the Lion Red Cup XIII and currently known as the Bartercard Premiership Selection) are a New Zealand rugby league football representative side that is selected f ...

side in the

1997 Oceania Cup The 1997 Oceania Cup was an international Rugby league, rugby league football tournament played in the Pacific region. The tournament was operated and contested by Super League-aligned countries during the Super League war as an alternative to the ...

.''New Zealand Rugby League Annual '97'',

, 1997. p.125

References

External links

Fa'ausu Afoa's profile at Yesterday's Hero
1967 births Living people Auckland rugby league team players Bradford Bulls players Expatriate rugby league players in Australia North Harbour rugby league team players Northcote Tigers players Penrith Panthers players Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows Samoa national rugby league team players Samoan emigrants to New Zealand Samoan expatriate rugby league players Samoan expatriate sportspeople in Australia Samoan rugby league players Sportspeople from Apia {{samoa-rugbyleague-bio-stub