Chris Feauai-Sautia

Chris Feauai-Sautia
Birth name Christopher Feauai-Sautia
Date of birth (1993-11-17) 17 November 1993
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 101 kg (223 lb; 15.9 st)
School Brisbane State High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing / Outside Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015
2016−2017		 Queensland Country
Kintetsu Liners		 12
1		 (0)
(0)
Correct as of 4 November 2015
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012– Reds 57 (55)
Correct as of 21 July 2016
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013-
2012
2009–11		 Australia
Australia U-20
Australian Schoolboys		 2
4
11		 (10)
Correct as of 24 November 2013

Chris Feauai-Sautia (born 17 November 1993) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer. He plays for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby and his usual position is Wing, but can also play in the Centre.

Early life

Of Samoan heritage, Feauai-Sautia was born in Auckland but moved to Brisbane with his family as a youngster.[1]

Feauai-Sautia was educated at Brisbane State High School,[1] finishing in 2011. He played rugby for the Australian Schoolboys three years in a row from 2009 to 2011.[2]

Currently he is tied with Hugh Roach as the most capped Australian Schools player, with two more caps than the next highest, Quade Cooper and Kurtley Beale.[1]

Feauai-Sautia was selected for the Australian U-20 team to play in the 2012 Junior World Cup in South Africa.[3]

Super Rugby

In 2012 Feauai-Sautia was promoted to the 30-man playing roster for the Reds.[2] He made his Super Rugby debut for the Reds against the Lions at Lang Park on 19 May 2012, coming off the bench five minutes after half time and scoring a try four minutes later.[4]

In the following fixture against the Rebels he made his run-on debut in place of the injured Digby Ioane, scoring the game's opening try.

Reference List

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Reds Profile". redsrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 O'Neil, Brent (5 October 2011). "Delight for Chris Feauai-Sautia after being named in Queensland Reds squad". Courier Mail. Retrieved 2 Jul 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.irb.com/jwc/teams/team=3445/index.html IRB
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Reds 34-20 MTN Lions". South African Rugby Union. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
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