Aaliyah Fasavalu-Fa'amausili

Aaliyah Fasavalu-Fa'amausili (born 21 December 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Aaliyah Fasavalu-Fa'amausili
Personal information
Born (2000-12-21) 21 December 2000
Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionProp, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– St George Illawarra 6 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionFlanker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020 NSW Waratahs 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 8 December 2020

Background

Born in Westmead, New South Wales, Fasavalu-Fa'amausili began playing rugby league for the Auburn Warriors when she was 11.[2]

Playing career

In 2017, Fasavalu-Fa'amausili played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the Tarsha Gale Cup.[3] In 2018, she moved to the St George Illawarra Dragons Tarsha Gale Cup team and was named as a development player for the Dragons' NRL Women's Premiership team.[4] On 6 October 2018, she played for the Prime Minister's XIII in their 40–4 win over Papua New Guinea.[5]

2019

In May, Fasavalu-Fa'amausili represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[6] On 18 June, she re-signed with the Dragons, joining their full NRLW squad.[7]

In Round 2 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons in their 26–6 win over the New Zealand Warriors. On 6 October, she started on the bench in the Dragons' 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[8]

2020

In 2020, she played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[9] In Round 3 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she scored her first NRLW try in the Dragons' 10–22 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[10]

References
  1. "Aaliayah Fasavalu-Faamausili - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. "Aaliyah Fasavali-Fa'amausili - Biography". Rugby Australia. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. "Bulldogs Advance to Grand Final". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021.
  4. "Tarsha Gale Cup - Round 1 2018". 18th Man. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020.
  5. "Australian PM's XIII Women's squad". Queensland Rugby League. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.
  6. Newton, Alicia (22 May 2019). "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. "Dragons re-sign four juniors to Women's Premiership ranks". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. "NRLW Grand Final squads named". The Women's Game. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  9. Newton, Alicia (1 August 2020). "Broncos, Queensland contingent join NSW women in season return". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. Fasavalu-Fa'amausili scores late for Dragons (Match highlight). National Rugby League. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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