Aaliyah Fasavalu-Fa'amausili

Aaliyah Fasavalu-Fa'amausili (born 21 December 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. She primarily plays as a prop.

Aaliyah Fasavalu-Fa'amausili
Personal information
Born (2000-12-21) 21 December 2000
Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionProp, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– St George Illawarra 6 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionFlanker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020 NSW Waratahs 3 0 0 0 0
As of 8 December 2020
Source: RLP

Background

Born in Westmead, New South Wales, Fasavalu-Fa'amausili began playing rugby league for the Auburn Warriors when she was 11.[1]

Playing career

In 2017, Fasavalu-Fa'amausili played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the Tarsha Gale Cup.[2] In 2018, she moved to the St George Illawarra Dragons Tarsha Gale Cup team and was named as a development player for the Dragons' NRL Women's Premiership team.[3] On 6 October 2018, she played for the Prime Minister's XIII in their 40–4 win over Papua New Guinea.[4]

2019

In May, Fasavalu-Fa'amausili represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[5] On 18 June, she re-signed with the Dragons, joining their full NRLW squad.[6]

In Round 2 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons in their 26–6 win over the New Zealand Warriors. On 6 October, she started on the bench in the Dragons' 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[7]

2020

In 2020, she played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[8] In Round 3 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she scored her first NRLW try in the Dragons' 10–22 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[9]

References
  1. "Aaliyah Fasavali-Fa'amausili". rugby.com.au.
  2. "Bulldogs Advance to Grand Final". Canterbury Bulldogs. 2 May 2017.
  3. "Tarsha Gale Cup - Round 1 2018". 18th Man.
  4. "Australian PM's XIII Women's squad". QRL. 26 September 2018.
  5. "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  6. "Dragons re-sign four juniors to Women's Premiership ranks". St George Illawarra Dragons. 18 June 2019.
  7. "NRLW Grand Final squads named". The Women's Game. 5 October 2019.
  8. "Broncos, Queensland contingent join NSW women in season return". NRL. 1 August 2020.
  9. "Fasavalu-Fa'amausili scores late for Dragons". NRL. 17 October 2020.
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