Gus Malietoa-Brown

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Gus Malietoa-Brown
Personal information
Born (1975-07-28) 28 July 1975 (age 48)
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre, Five-eighth, Lock
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1994 Counties Manukau 1340016
1996 Counties Manukau 13140056
Total26180072
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Western Samoa

Gus Mailetoa-Brown (born 28 July 1975) is a former Western Samoa international rugby league footballer.

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Playing career

A Manurewa and Papakura junior, Mailetoa-Brown first attracted interest from the Brisbane Broncos. [1] However, by 1994 he was playing for the Counties Manukau Heroes in the Lion Red Cup. [2] He was signed with the Auckland Warriors in 1995 but never played a first grade game for the club and was released in June 1996. [3] [4] He scored two tries in the 1996 Lion Red Cup grand final, being part of the Counties Manukau side that lifted the trophy.[ citation needed ]

While playing for the Eastern Tornadoes in 1999, Malietoa-Brown represented Auckland South. [5]

He played for the Mt Albert Lions in the 2004 Bartercard Cup. Malietoa-Brown later played club games for the Manurewa Marlins in the Auckland Rugby League competition, including in 2011.[ citation needed ]

Representative career

Mailetoa-Brown was a Samoan international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.

Personal life

Malietoa-Brown, grew up in Manurewa and is the grandson of Malietoa Tanumafili II. Malietoa-Brown is also first cousins to both Nigel and Joe Vagana. Gus attended De La Salle College in Auckland.

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References

  1. ↑ Richard Becht. A New Breed Rising: The Warriors Winfield Cup Challenge. Auckland, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN   1-86950-154-3 p.182.
  2. ↑ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.94
  3. ↑ Richard Becht. A New Breed Rising: The Warriors Winfield Cup Challenge. Auckland, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN   1-86950-154-3 p.76.
  4. ↑ Andrew Sanders (23 June 1996). "`Disappointing' former Kiwi cut by Warriors". Sunday Star-Times– via EBSCOHost.
  5. ↑ Jessup, Peter (16 March 1999). "Rugby League: Injury gives Hoppe a starting chance". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 2 October 2011.
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