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Full name | Folau Fainga'a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb; 234 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Folau Fainga'a (born 5 May 1995) is an Australian professional rugby union player who currently plays at hooker for the Western Force. He previously played for the ACT Brumbies and the NSW Country Eagles. [2] Folau is currently signed on with Rugby Australia and has been selected to play for the Australian national rugby team the Wallabies for the 2022 season.
Fainga'a began his senior rugby career with Sydney University. [3] He played for that club in the Shute Shield for three seasons starting from 2015. [2] Fainga'a was selected in the Australian Under-20 team in 2015 and played at the World Championship in Italy. [1] He was also part of the Sydney Stars squad for the National Rugby Championship (NRC) that year but did not play any matches for the team. Fainga'a made his NRC debut off the bench for the NSW Country Eagles in 2016, against the Canberra Vikings. [4]
Fainga'a signed an extended player squad contract with the Brumbies for the 2018 season, [5] joining the Canberra Vikings late in the 2017 season. [2] After impressing in his play for the Vikings, Fainga'a was invited by Australian national coach Michael Cheika to join the Wallabies squad as a development player ahead of the third Test for the Bledisloe Cup and Barbarians F.C. matches in October 2017. [6]
As of 3 July 2022 [7]
Try | Opposing team | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result | Score |
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1 | ![]() | Perth, Australia | Optus Stadium | 2021 Rugby Championship | 5 September 2021 | Loss | 21-38 |
2 | ![]() | Gold Coast, Australia | Cbus Super Stadium | 2021 Rugby Championship | 2 October 2021 | Win | 17-32 |
3 | ![]() | Perth, Australia | Optus Stadium | 2022 England rugby union tour of Australia | 2 July 2022 | Win | 30-28 |
4 | ![]() | Sydney, Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2022 England rugby union tour of Australia | 16 July 2022 | Loss | 17–21 |
5 | ![]() | Mendoza, Argentina | Estadio Malvinas Argentinas | 2022 Rugby Championship | 6 August 2022 | Win | 26–41 |
Season | Team | Games | Start | Sub | Mins | T | C | PG | DG | Pts | YC | RC |
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2018 | Brumbies | 13 | 12 | 1 | 891 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 12 | 12 | 1 | 891 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
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