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DeutschSala Fa'alogo
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| Born | 20 September 1977 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sala Fa'alogo is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level in the Bartercard Cup and Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial competition for the Mount Albert Lions (two spells), in the Bartercard Cup for the Counties Manukau Jetz and in the Super League for the Widnes Vikings.[1]
Background
[edit]Sala Fa'alogo was born in Auckland, New Zealand, is of Samoan descent, and he is the older brother of the rugby league footballer; David Fa'alogo.[citation needed]
Sala is a devoted husband & Father and has five children to his wife Teresa, four girls and their youngest a son.[citation needed]
Sala grew up and was raised in Otara and attended Tangaroa College in the 1990’s.[citation needed]
Playing career
[edit]In 2001 and 2002 Fa'alogo played for Mount Albert in the Bartercard Cup.[2] He was the player of the match in the Grand Final, helping the Lions to a 24–20 win over the Hibiscus Coast Raiders.[3] He played for the Counties Manukau Jetz in 2004.[4]
Fa'alogo joined the Widnes Vikings in the Super League in 2004 on a two-year deal. He played in 23 Super League matches as well as Challenge Cup games.[5][6][7]
In 2009 he was named in the Fox Memorial Team of the Year at second row.[8] Fa'alogo represented Auckland in the 2009 Bartercard Premiership and the 2010 National Zonal Competition.[9][10] He currently plays for the Mount Albert Lions in the 2011 Fox Memorial competition.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Round 7 Bartercard Cup Teams Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 26 April 2001
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4, p.333.
- ^ Round six preview - Bartercard Cup Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 27 May 2004
- ^ Widnes aim to bounce back The Telegraph, 3 July 2005
- ^ Edmondson salvo sees off Widnes bbc.co.uk, 21 January 2005
- ^ Relieved Vikings boss settles for an 'ugly win Liverpool Echo, 26 March 2005
- ^ November 2009 Newsletter Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine Auckland Rugby League
- ^ "Rugby league". Taranaki Daily News. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ Bulls given a scare in making Bartercard Premiership final Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine nzwarriors.co.nz