Fabian Goodall

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Fabian Goodall
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Personal information
Born (1994-12-13) 13 December 1994 (age 30)
Sydney, Australia
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Centre, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2016 Manly Sea Eagles 00000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014–16 Fiji 32008
Rugby union
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2016 Rams 20000
2022–23 Toronto Arrows 94000
Total114000
Source: [1]
As of 5 March 2024

Fabian Goodall (born 13 December 1994) is a Fijian professional rugby league and rugby union player who recently returned from Toronto, Canada after playing in the MLR for the Toronto Arrows. Fabian is currently playing for Eastern Suburbs District RUFC in the Shute Shield Competition, Goodall is a Fiji representative.

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Background

Born in Sydney, Goodall is of Fijian descent. Goodall played his junior football for the Wentworthville Magpies and attended The Hills Sports High School before being signed by the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. Goodall played for the Sea Eagles NYC side in 2012 when he was also selected into Laure Daley's "Blues in Waiting" Origin Pathways Squad. [2] In late 2012 Goodall signed with the Parramatta Eels, playing in the Eels NYC team in 2013 and 2014. He was named in the Junior Kiwis train on squad in 2013, failing to make the final team to play the Junior Kangaroos. [3] He moved to the Eels New South Wales Cup team the Wentworthville Magpies in 2015.

Playing career

In October 2014, Goodall made his International début as he was selected to play for Fiji in the 2014 Hayne/Mannah Cup test match against Lebanon at Remondis Stadium. [4]

On 2 May 2015, Goodall played in 2015 Melanesian Cup match against Papua New Guinea, playing at centre and scoring an intercept try in Fiji's 22–10 win at Cbus Super Stadium. [5]

On 7 May 2016, Goodall played for Fiji against Papua New Guinea in the 2016 Melanesian Cup where he played in the second row position in the 24–22 loss at Parramatta Stadium. [6]

Switch to rugby union

In August 2016, Goodall made the switch from league to union after signing with National Rugby Championship (NRC) side, Western Sydney Rams. Goodall was apart of the grand final winning team in the Shute Shield in season 2024 playing at inside centre, scoring a try.

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References

  1. ↑ Fabian Goodall rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. ↑ "The next big things – Blues in waiting | smh.com.au". M.smh.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eels Trio Join Junior Kiwis Squad – Eels". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "RLEF". Rlef.eu.com. 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Korbin Sims storms into Maroons Origin contention with standout performance in Fiji's win over Papua New Guinea". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "PNG stuns Fiji in a thriller". nrl.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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