Henry Fa'afili

Personal information
Full name	Henry Fa'afili
Date of birth	30 May 1980 (1980-05-30) (age 29)
Place of birth	Apia, Samoa
Height	5 ft 11 ins (1.81 m)
Weight	16 st 5 lbs (104 Kg)
Nickname(s)	Falafel, Fraud-fili
School(s) attended	Manurewa High School De La Salle College (Auckland)
Club information
Position(s)	Wing / Centre
Current club	Biarritz Olympique
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Manurewa Marlins
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2000 - 2004 2004 - 2007 2007 - Present	NZ Warriors Warrington Wolves Biarritz Leeds Carnegie	94 (152) 92 (288)
Representative teams
2000 2001 - 2006	Samoa RL New Zealand Samoa RU	9 (20)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Henry Fa'afili, born 30 May 1980 in Apia, Samoa, is a Samoan Rugby Union Player currently playing for Leeds Carnegie. Henry Fa'afili's position of choice is on the Wing or in the Centres. Fa'afili is a New Zealand and Samoan international.

[edit] New Zealand Warriors

He has previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition. He made his debut in 2000.

[edit] Warrington Wolves

Fa'afili signed for Warrington Wolves in 2004 and whilst at Warrington he has scored many tries from high cross field kicks from Lee Briers. He has scored 72 tries in 92 appearances for the Wolves (as at August 2007). He was the top try-scorer in Super League for the 2007 season. It was recently announced that he will leave the Wolves at the end of 2007 season because of salary cap restraints. Henry played his last game for the Warrington Wolves on Friday 14 September 2007 against Salford City Reds. The Wolves won 34-26.

[edit] Biarritz Olympique

Fa'afili has agreed what was initially seen as a short-term deal with French Rugby Union side Biarritz. He was deemed to be signed as cover for the injured Martín Gaitán and was set for a return to England for pre-season training with Harlequins Rugby League.^[1][2] There was initially some confusion over the length of the deal, with Tony Rea confirming that Fa'afili would be playing for Biarritz in the short-term.^[3] Fa'afili has since reneged on the deal and the matter is now in the hands of the Harlequins Rugby League legal representatives.^[4] He is however free to play for the French side at this moment. Henry will not play for Harlequins RL in 2008.

[edit] Representatitive Football

Fa'afili has also represented New Zealand at international level on several occasions, scoring a hat-trick against Great Britain in 2003 at Ewood Park, Blackburn during the Tri-Nations. His last appearance for New Zealand was against Great Britain in June 2006 at St Helens. He also represented Samoa in the 2000 World Cup.

[edit] References

http://www.quins.co.uk/newspage.ink?nid=38331&newstype=z&matchid=&storytype=RL

[edit] External links

• Henry Fa'afili Official Player Profile
• NZRL Profile