Fa'atiga Lemalu
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| Full name | Faatiga Lemalu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 April 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | De La Salle College, NZ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby Union Player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fa'atiga Lemalu (born 17 April 1989) is a New Zealand-born, Samoan international rugby union footballer who plays as a lock.[1]
Lemalu played his professional rugby for the Munakata Sanix Blues in Fukuoka, Japan after joining them in 2013.[2] He was also named in the new Japanese Sunwolves squad which made their first Super Rugby appearance for the 2016 season.[3]
In 2017, Lemalu joined UK powerhouse club Saracens towards the later stage of the season as an injury cover during their 2016-17 Premiership Rugby campaign.[4]
Lemalu would go on to play for Auckland Rugby, later becoming the champions of the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup in New Zealand since 2007.[5]
Lemalu is a full international for Samoa having made his debut in a match against Tonga in 2012, missing the 2015 Rugby World Cup[6] due to injury.
Yorkshire Carnegie strengthened their squad in November 2018 with the capture of Samoan international second row for the remainder of the 2018-2019 Greene King IPA Championship season.[7]
At the beginning of the 2019 IPA Green King Championship, Cornish Pirates[8] secured Lemalu on a two-year deal which saw him make 19 appearances before heading back to New Zealand signing with Manawatu Turbos for the upcoming Bunnings NPC 2021 season.
References
[edit]- ^ "Faatiga Lemalu". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Faatiga Lemalu itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "Sunwolves reveal squad, Hammett to coach". Sanzar Rugby. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Saracens sign Samoa lock Fa'atiga Lemalu". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Auckland back on top in the Mitre 10 Cup after extra-time thriller". www.aucklandrugby.co.nz. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Faatiga Lemalu". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ Lemalu Yorkshire Carnegie, Faatiga. "Player Profile - Yorkshire Carnegie | Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds". Yorkshire Carnegie. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Pirates Sign Samoan International Fa'atiga".
- 1989 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Samoan expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Rugby union locks
- Munakata Sanix Blues players
- Sunwolves players
- Auckland rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
- Samoan rugby union players
- 21st-century Samoan sportsmen
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- Saracens F.C. players
- Leeds Tykes players
- Cornish Pirates players
- Manawatu rugby union players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England