Campese Ma'afu

Campese Ma'afu
Birth name George David Campese Ma'afu
Date of birth (1984-12-19) 19 December 1984
Place of birth Sydney
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight 118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb)
School Granville Boys High School
Notable relative(s) Salesi Ma'afu (brother)
Apakuki Ma'afu (brother)
Rugby union career
Current team Leicester Tigers
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–2012
2012–2013
2013–2015
2015–2016
2016–2018
2018–present		 West Harbour
Cardiff Blues
Nottingham
Provence
Northampton Saints
Leicester Tigers		 ??
5
36
0
35
0		 ??
(5)
(20)
(0)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 27 April 2018
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–present Fiji 53 (10)
Correct as of 23 June 2018

Campese Ma'afu, (born 19 December 1984) is a Fiji professional rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby, the top division. Ma'afu was selected to the Fijian National squad in 2010 and has gone on to win more than 50 caps. Ma'afu has also played professionally for Cardiff Blues, Nottingham, Provence and Northampton Saints.

Career

Family

The Ma'afu family made an especially interesting mark in rugby history in 2010 when the two brothers, Salesi and Campese, played against each other in a test match between Australia and Fiji. Elder brother Salesi played for the Wallabies at tight-head Prop while younger brother Campese played for Fiji at loose-head prop. A third brother, the youngest, Apakuki, plays for Tonga.

Club career

Ma'afu joined Cardiff Blues for the start of the Pro12 2012/13 season.[1] He signed to play for Nottingham R.F.C. in the RFU Championship in the 2013/14 season.[2] He remained at Nottingham until signing for the French Pro D2 club Provence in 2015.

In 2016, he signed for Aviva Premiership side, Northampton Saints with immediate effect from the 2016-17 season.[3]

Ma'afu has since notched up 14 appearances for the Midlands side and most recently helped Saints' second the Northampton Wanderers reach the final of the Aviva 'A' League. Ma'afu and the side beat Gloucester United 36-15 to take the title.[4]

It was announced on 5 June 2017 that Ma'afu would link up with fellow Saints Api Ratuniyarawa and head back to Fiji for the summer international.[5]

After 2 seasons with Northampton, Ma'afu initially signed for Ealing Trailfinders before subsequently joining Leicester Tigers for the 2018/19 season. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Sport – Campese Ma'afu and Robin Copeland to join Cardiff Blues". BBC Sport.
  2. ↑ http://www.nottinghamrugby.co.uk/news-events/campese-signs-for-nottingham.aspx
  3. ↑ "Northampton Saints sign Fiji tight-head prop Campese Ma'afu". BBC Sport. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. ↑ https://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/news/latest-headlines/2017/apr-2017/wanderers-36-gloucester-15-the-wandies-clinch-the-aviva-a-league-title/
  5. ↑ https://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/news/latest-headlines/2017/june-2017/islanders-heading-home-for-summer-internationals/
  6. ↑ https://www.leicestertigers.com/news/tigers-welcome-international-prop-maafu


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