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**Maurie Fa'asavalu**
Personal information
Full name
Date of birth	12 January 1980 (age 29)
Place of birth	Apia, Samoa
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	16 st 5 lb (104 kg)
Nickname(s)	Fas
Club information
Position(s)	Prop
Current club	St Helens
Senior clubs*
Representative teams**
	* Professional club appearances and points; counted for domestic first grade only and; correct as of 12:47, 31 December 2006 (UTC).; ** Representative team caps and points correct; as of 2 November, 2008.

Maurie Fa'asavalu is a former Samoan rugby union player who now plays rugby league for St Helens. He was recently picked in the Great Britain squad after living in England for 4 years.

Maurie Fa'asavalu was signed by the then St Helens coach Ian Millward in the winter of 2003 after a series of outstanding performances playing at flanker for Samoa in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

Maurie Fa'asavalu made his debut on 13 March 2004 against Leeds Rhinos in a 24 to 14 victory at Knowsley Road. Fa'asavalu took some time to adjust to rugby league, but developed into an important part of the St Helens squad in 2006. He is however used primarily as an impact player, starting most games from the interchange bench.

Fas'asavalu was unlucky not to receive the Lance Todd Trophy for his performance in the 2006 Challenge Cup victory, where he scored a try in the 2006 and his performance against Huddersfield Giants earned widespread praise.

St Helens fans were treated to Fa'asavalu's victory dance in both the Challenge Cup Final and the Grand Final for Super League XI. His inimitable try celebrations have seen him develop a real following on the terraces at Knowsley Road.

In total he scored 10 tries in 28 games during the 2006 season, followed by 9 tries in 30 games in the 2007 season.

On 27 October 2007, Fa'asavalu scored on his debut for Great Britain against New Zealand in Huddersfield, helping the British team to a 20-14 victory. Five minutes after he came on as a substitute in the 18th minute, Fa'asavalu used his great stature to break through 3 New Zealand players to score the try.

He played in the 2008 Super League Grand Final defeat to the Leeds Rhinos.^[1]

He has been named in the England squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[2]

[edit] References

^ "2008 Grand Final". BBC. 2008-10-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7642170.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
^ "Purdham earns World Cup call-up". BBC. 2008-10-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656553.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-07.

[edit] External links

[2008_Grand_Final-0] "2008 Grand Final". BBC. 2008-10-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7642170.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-05.

[Purdham_earns_World_Cup_call-up-1] "Purdham earns World Cup call-up". BBC. 2008-10-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656553.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-07.

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