Fabian Soutar

Fabian Soutar is a New Zealand born rugby league player. His usual position is prop/second row.

Life

Fabian was born in Wanganui on the 11th of September 1986.Fabian is of Maori & Cook Island decent. Fabian lived his early years in Wanganui. During his primary school years Fabians family relocated to Auckland, where Fabian attended Green Bay Primary School. He started his High School years at Green Bay but switched to Kelston Boys' High School. In 2004 he was a prefect there.
On the 30th of November 2007 Fabian married Disa Caspersen. They have three children, Tyrone, Jaydah & Naiomi.

Rugby League

He first played rugby league for the New Lynn Stags U13s. The following season he went to Glenora Bears until the 2004 season when he was signed to the Mt Albert Lions.
In 2003 Fabian was apart of the Kelston Boys rugby league team that took out the honor as the top New Zealand Secondary School [Burnes 2003 p.39.] .He also made the New Zealand Secondary School team that year. He made his Bartercard Cup debut against the Canterbury Bulls in 2004 at the age of 17. He had three successful seasons with the Brian McClennan coached Mt Albert Lions taking the premiership in 2004, 2005, 2006(team was renamed the Auckland Lions)
Fabian was called into the New Zealand Residents team in 2006 to take part in the Trans Tasman Rugby league Cup which NZ won. [http://www.nzrl.co.nz/page/trans_trasman_cup_round_4_finals_review.html] In 2007 he was part of the Auckland Lions NSWRL Premier League they finished in 10th place for the season. He has also played for the Cook Islands.
In 2008 he signed with Easts Tigers based in Queensland, Australia. Fabian started the season playing Fogs cup and was selected to play for a Brisbane Fogs team in the Toyota Centenary Cup Tournament. [http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=15798] He made his first Queensland Cup appearance against Mackay Cutters on the 10th of May 2008. [http://www.qrl.com.au/display.php?pg_id=3823]

References

*New Zealand Rugby League. [http://www.nzrl.co.nz/page/trans_trasman_cup_round_4_finals_review.html"2006 Trans Tasman Rugby League Cup"] June, 2006.
*Chris Garry. [http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=15798"Centenary Trophy"] "QRL" May, 2008.
*Queensland Rugby League. [http://www.qrl.com.au/display.php?pg_id=3823"Tigers enjoy fortune change"] May, 2008.
*Burnes, C (2003). "Kelston named top league school", Western Leader.