Steve Mafi
Sitiveni O. Mafi (born 9 December 1989) is a Tongan rugby union player. He plays in the lock and occasionally flanker position for the English Premiership Rugby side, London Irish. Mafi also represents Tonga at international level.
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| Full name | Sitiveni O. Mafi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 December 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fairfield, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Westfields Sports High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mafi previously played for the Leicester Tigers and New South Wales Waratahs.[1][2][3] Mafi played as a replacement during the 2013 Premiership final as Leicester defeated Northampton Saints.[4] He is the grandson of former Tonga captain Sione Mafi Pahulu.[5] He attended Westfields Sports High School and played his Junior rugby at Parramatta Two Blues in Sydneys west. In 2007 he played for the Australian Schoolboys.
Super Rugby Statistics
- As of 25 July 2016[6]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| 2015 | Western Force | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1157 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | Western Force | 10 | 5 | 5 | 404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 26 | 18 | 8 | 1561 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
References
- "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Gloucester Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Leicester swoop for Mafi". Scrum.com. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- http://www.leicestertigers.com/rugby/leicester_tigers_senior_squad.php?player=97551&includeref=dynamic
- "Aviva Premiership final: Leicester 37-17 Northampton". BBC. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/club-rugby/meet-steve-mafi-the-tigers-tongan-hitman-7789264.html
- "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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