Allan Fa'alava'au

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Allan Fa'alava'au
Date of birth (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 (age 29)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2012- Australia 7s

Allan Fa'alava'au (born 15 November 1993) is a professional rugby union player. He represents Australia in sevens rugby. Born in Auckland, New Zealand and playing for Endeavour Hills at a club level, he debuted for Australia in February 2012. As of December 2015, he currently has 21 caps.

A butcher by trade, Allan Fa'alava'au impressed during his first season with the Australian Men’s Sevens side after being called up as injury cover for the Las Vegas 7s in 2012. A former Australian Schools representative, Allan continued to add to his already impressive resume in 2012 when he was named to the Australian Under-20 side for the Junior World Championship in South Africa. He was granted his Australian citizenship in November 2014. Representative honours include the Australian Schools (2011) and Australian Under-20 (2012). [1]

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [2]

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References

  1. "Player Profile". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2016.