Iszac Fa'asuamaleaui () (born 1 December 2001) is a professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

player who plays for the

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership, Australia's elite rugby league competition. Since 2008, the ...

as a in the

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(NRL). He is the brother of

Tino Fa'asuamaleaui Tino Fa'asuamaleaui () (born 16 February 2000) is a professional rugby league footballer who captains the Gold Coast Titans playing as a Lock (rugby league), lock and Prop (rugby league), prop forward in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has ...

Background

Fa'asuamaleaui was born in

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to a Samoan father and an

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mother. His father, Fereti Fa'asuamaleaui, was contracted to the

Sydney City Roosters Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, known as the Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs. The club competes in the National Rugby Lea ...

and played reserve grade for them in the mid-1990s, having previously represented

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...

in rugby union. Iszac was educated at James Nash State High School, Gympie.

Playing career

Fa'asuamaleaui played his junior rugby league for the Gympie Devils and was then signed by the

in 2020. In 2021 and 2022, Fa'asuamaleaui played for the Titans'

Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league, rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League, Queensland Rugby ...

feeder side, the

Burleigh Bears The Burleigh Bears are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Gold Coast, Australia. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. Since their admission to the competition in 1997, the ...

. In 2023, despite still being on a development contract, Fa’asuamaleaui was elevated to the

first grade side. Fa’asuamaleaui made his first grade debut in his side's 38–34 victory over the

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm is a rugby league football club based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia that participates in the National Rugby League (NRL). The club plays its home games at AAMI Park, and wears a purple and navy blu ...

Robina Stadium Robina Stadium, commercially known as Cbus Super Stadium, is a multi-purpose rectangular stadium in Robina, a suburb of Gold Coast, Queensland. It is the home ground to the National Rugby League's Gold Coast Titans, this venue sometimes hos ...

in round 3 of the

2023 NRL season The 2023 NRL season was the 116th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 26th season run by the National Rugby League. The season consisted of 27 competition rounds, the longest in league history, followed by a finals series ...

. He played a total of 13 games for the Gold Coast in the

as the club finished 14th on the table.

Statistics

References

External links

Gold Coast Titans profile

NRL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fa'asuamaleaui, Iszac 2001 births Living people Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent Australian rugby league players Burleigh Bears players Gold Coast Titans players Rugby league players from Gympie Rugby league props 21st-century Australian sportsmen