Max Feagai (born 14 February 2001) is a professional

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from New Zealand who plays as a er or for the

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in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Background

Feagai was born in

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

, New Zealand, and is of Samoan and Tokelauan descent. He has a twin brother,

Mat Feagai Mat Feagai (born 14 February 2001) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a er or for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL. Background Feagai was born in Hastings, New Zealand, and is of Samoan and Tokelauan ...

, who also plays for the Dragons.

Career

Early career

Feagai played his junior rugby league at the Leeton Greens in

Group 20 Rugby League Group 20 is a rugby league competition in the region of Griffith, New South Wales, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia. The competition is played in five grades, with these being Under 16s, Under 18s, Women's League-Tag, Reserve Grade and Firs ...

. In 2019, he was selected for both the New South Wales Under-18's team and the Australian Schoolboys team after an impressive year where he won the 2019 S. G. Ball Cup with the

Illawarra Steelers The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level rugby league competition from 1982 until 1998. On the 13th of December 1980, the ...

2020

Feagai made his debut for

St. George Illawarra The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint-ve ...

in their 42–18 loss against Newcastle in round 19 of the

2020 NRL season The 2020 NRL season was the 113th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 23rd season run by the National Rugby League. Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 14th consecutive year. ; Notes : : : Pre-season ...

2021

Feagai was limited to only four appearances in the

2021 NRL season The 2021 NRL season was the 114th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League. Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year. Regular season Ladd ...

which saw St. George Illawarra finish 11th and miss out on the finals.

2022 & 2023

Feagai was limited to only four games with St. George Illawarra in the 2022 NRL season as they missed the finals. Feagai would play a total of five games for the club in the

2023 NRL season The 2023 NRL season is the 116th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 26th season run by the National Rugby League. Teams For the 2023 season, the number of teams in the NRL has increased from sixteen to seventeen with the ...

as they finished 16th on the table.

Statistics

References

External links

Dragons profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Feagai, Max 2001 births New Zealand rugby league players New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent New Zealand people of Tokelauan descent Rugby league centres St. George Illawarra Dragons players People from Hastings, New Zealand Living people New Zealand twins Identical twin males