Joshua Alekisio Mafi born 7 November 1996 in

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, Australia, is an Australian

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player who plays at Hooker for

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Career

After three years of First XV experience at St. Joseph's Nudgee College from 2012 to 2014,

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Awarded him the John Eales Rugby Scholarship to help keep him in Gold Coast rugby. During the 2015 Season playing for

he signed for Queensland Country for the 2015

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Mafi earned himself a contract with the

for 3 years starting in 2016.

Super Rugby statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mafi, Alex Australian rugby union players 1996 births Living people Rugby union hookers Queensland Country (NRC team) players Rugby union players from Brisbane Queensland Reds players Urayasu D-Rocks players Melbourne Rebels players Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan Bond University alumni Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee Tokyo Sungoliath players 21st-century Australian sportsmen