Sef Fa'agase

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Sef Fa'agase
Birth nameSef Fa'agase
Date of birth (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb) [1]
SchoolShailer Park State High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Reds / Otago
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010–13 Wests Bulldogs ()
2014–2022 Queensland University ()
2014 Brisbane City 8 (0)
2015–2017 Queensland Country 22 (15)
2020 Yokohama Canon Eagles 6 (0)
2021 New England Free Jacks 11 (0)
Correct as of 16 February 2022
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018 Canterbury 11 (5)
2019 Wellington 7 (0)
2020 Otago 2 (0)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2018 Queensland Reds 46 (5)
2019 Highlanders 3 (0)
2022 Rebels 2 (0)
2022– Reds 26 (0)
Correct as of 7 June 2024

Sef Fa'agase (born 5 March 1991), is an Australian rugby union player of Samoan descent. His usual position is prop. He plays for the New England Free Jacks of Major League Rugby (MLR). [2]

Contents

Fa'agase previously played for Brisbane City in the National Rugby Championship and for Queensland Reds in Super Rugby.

Early life

Fa'agase was born in Auckland, New Zealand but moved to Australia as a young boy with his family. [1] He played junior rugby union for the Beaudesert Warriors from the age of 12 to 15, [3] Berrinba East State School where he spent a brief period playing rugby league and attended Shailer Park State High School. [1]

Rugby career

Fa'agase played for Wests Bulldogs in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition before being selected for the ARU's National Academy in 2012. He played for Reds A in the Pacific Rugby Cup in 2013 and 2014, [1] and joined the University of Queensland Rugby Club which won the premiership in 2014. [4]

The Brisbane City coach Nick Stiles recruited Fa'agase to play in the 2014 National Rugby Championship. He became a regular starter for the team during the season and was the starting tighthead prop in Brisbane's grand final win against Perth Spirit. [5]

Fa'agase made his Super Rugby debut against the Brumbies on 12 February as the Reds' replacement tighthead prop. [6]

In 2020, Fa'agase was signed to a two-year deal by the New England Free Jacks in the Major League Rugby competition. While in the United States Fa'agase played for the Division 1 Mystic River Rugby Club. [7]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 30 May 2022 [8]
SeasonTeamGamesStartsSubMinsTriesConsPensDropsPointsYelRed
2015 Reds 8081900000000
2016 Reds 154114370000000
2017 Reds 11926100000010
2018 Reds 9091331000500
2019 Highlanders 303700000000
2022 Rebels 202500000000
2022 Reds 404960000000
Total5213391,5861000510

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