Scott Malolua

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Scott Malolua
Date of birth (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Samoa
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015– Queensland Country 7 (5)
Correct as of 22 May 2019
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019– Reds 0 (0)
Correct as of 22 May 2019
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019– Samoa 1 (0)
Correct as of 9 September 2019

Scott Malolua (born 11 June 1993 in Samoa) is a Samoan rugby union player who plays for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. His playing position is scrum-half. He was named in the Reds squad for week 15 in 2019. [1]

He gave up his rugby career in 2018 to focus on his career as a carpenter. [2]

He was selected for the Samoa national rugby union team for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. [2] [3] He made his international debut in a match against Australia, but suffered a shoulder injury which ruled him out for the world cup. [4] [5]

Reference list

  1. "ST.GEORGE QUEENSLAND REDS ANNOUNCE ROUND 15 TEAM AGAINST CHIEFS IN HAMILTON" (Press release). Queensland Reds. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 Beth Newman (5 September 2019). "Malolua still "pinching himself" after dream 2019 puts him on World Cup path". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. Thomas Airey (23 August 2019). "Alalatoa headlines Manu Samoa pre-World Cup squad". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. "Samoa's Malolua out of World Cup with shoulder injury". Reuters. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. "Rugby World Cup injury heartbreak for Samoa's Queensland young gun". Fox Sports. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2022.


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