Poasa Faamausili (born 14 February 1996) is a New Zealand former professional

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footballer who last played as a prop for the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by ...

. He previously played for the

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, the

St. George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since 1999 after a j ...

, the

Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, known as the Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs. The club competes in the National Rugby Lea ...

and the

New Zealand Warriors The Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Aucklan ...

in the NRL.

Background

Faamausili was born in

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, New Zealand, and is of

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descent. He attended Waitakere College and played junior rugby league for the

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in the

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competition.

Playing career

Early career (2014-2016)

Faamausili played in the Sydney Roosters’ Holden Cup side from 2014 to 2016. Faamausili started in the front row in the Sydney Roosters’

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premiership winning team.

Sydney Roosters (2018-2020)

Faamausili made his first-grade debut in round 18 of the

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against the

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership, Australia's elite rugby league competition. Since 2008, the ...

New Zealand Warriors (2020)

In the

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, Faamausili was loaned to the

St. George Illawarra Dragons (2021-2022)

On 15 October 2020, Faamausili signed a two-year deal with the

, becoming Anthony Griffin's first signing at the club. He made his debut for St. George Illawarra in round 1 of the

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against the

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugb ...

. Faamausili played eleven matches for St. George in the

. He did not play any games for them during the

2022 NRL season The 2022 NRL season was the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League. Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest ...

Dolphins (2023)

In the

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, Faamausili made his club debut in round 4 with the

against the

Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Red Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) and play their home games at ...

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, and played in four games at national level. Otherwise, he was with the

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in the

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state competition.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (2024)

In November 2023, Faamausili signed a two-year contract with the

for the

2024 NRL season The 2024 NRL season was the 117th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 27th season run by the National Rugby League (NRL). The season consisted of 27 competition rounds, followed by a finals series contested by the top eight ...

onwards.

Retirement

On 14 October 2024, Faamasuili would announced his retirement from rugby league after playing seven seasons.

Post playing

After retiring from the NRL, Faamasuili signed to play for the

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Jets in the Group 6 Rugby League Competition.

References

External links

Dolphins profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Faamausili, Poasa 1996 births Living people Dolphins (NRL) players New Zealand rugby league players New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent New Zealand Warriors players Rugby league players from Auckland Rugby league props St. George Illawarra Dragons players Sydney Roosters players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players