Esene Faimalo

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Esene Faimalo
Personal information
Born (1966-10-11) 11 October 1966 (age 56)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
19??–87Addington (CRL)
1988–??Sydenham (CRL)
1990Upper Hutt Tigers
1990–94 Widnes 111110044
1994–96 Leeds Rhinos 5470028
1997–99 Salford City Reds
2000 Widnes 50000
Total170180072
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1986–89 Canterbury
South Island
1986 Western Samoa
1988–91 New Zealand 50000
1990 Wellington
1991 Canterbury
Source: [1]

Esene Faimalo (born 11 October 1966) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, who represented both Western Samoa and New Zealand at international level.

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Playing career

In 1985 Faimalo came second in the New Zealand boxing Heavyweight tournament and also made the Junior Kiwis while playing for the Linwood club. [2] [3] Faimalo represented Western Samoa at the 1986 Pacific Cup. [3]

A Canterbury representative from the Addington club, [4] Faimalo also represented the New Zealand national rugby league team between 1988 and 1991, playing in five test matches. Faimalo spent 1989 with the Balmain Tigers as part of the New Zealand Rugby League's "Rookie Scheme". [5]

In 1990 he moved to England, signing with the Widnes Vikings. He played for the club for four seasons, making 111 appearances and scoring 11 tries, [6] before signing with the Leeds Rhinos in 1994, where he scored seven tries in 54 appearances. [7] He joined the Salford City Reds during 1996's Super League I season, playing with the club for three years. [8] He returned to Widnes in 2000, making a further five appearances before retiring. [6] [9]

In 2010 Faimalo entered the boxing ring in a charity bout to raise money for the Steve Prescott Foundation. [2]

Genealogical information

Esene Faimalo is the brother of the rugby league footballer Joe Faimalo. [9]

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  2. 1 2 Scully slugs it out with Brian St Helens Star, 2 December 2010
  3. 1 2 Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
  4. 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.133
  5. Lion Red 1989 Rugby League Annual New Zealand Rugby League, p.10
  6. 1 2 "Esene Faimalo". Widnes RLFC. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. "Esene Faimalo". Leeds Rhinos. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  8. Rugby League The Independent, 5 October 1996
  9. 1 2 "Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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