Birth name | Sef Fa'agase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 March 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Shailer Park State High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Fa'agase previously played for Brisbane City in the National Rugby Championship and for Queensland Reds in Super Rugby.
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]
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]
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2015 | Reds | 8 | 0 | 8 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | Reds | 15 | 4 | 11 | 437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | Reds | 11 | 9 | 2 | 610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2018 | Reds | 9 | 0 | 9 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | Highlanders | 3 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | Rebels | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | Reds | 4 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 52 | 13 | 39 | 1,586 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
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