Henry Fa'afili

Infobox Rugby Union biography
playername = Henry Fa'afili


fullname = Henry Fa'afili
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|5|30
cityofbirth = Apia
countryofbirth = Samoa
height = 5 ft 11 ins (1.81 m)
weight = 16 st 5 lbs (104 Kg)
nickname = Falafel, Fraud-fili
position = Wing / Centre
currentclub = flagicon|France Biarritz Olympique
clubnumber = 11
youthyears =
youthclubs = flagicon|New Zealand Manurewa Marlins
years = 2000 - 2004
2004 - 2007
2007 - Present
clubs = flagicon|New Zealand NZ Warriors
flagicon|England Warrington Wolves
flagicon|France Biarritz

caps(points) = 94 (152)
92 (288)
repyears = 2000
2001 - 2006
repteam = flagicon|Samoa Samoa RL
flagicon|New Zealand New Zealand
flagicon|Samoa Samoa RU
repcaps(points) =
9 (20)
pcupdate =
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other = yes
occupation =
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school = Manurewa High School
De La Salle College (Auckland)
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university =

Henry Fa'afili, born 30 May, 1980 in Apia, Samoa, is a Samoan Rugby Union Player currently playing for Biarritz Olympique in the Heineken Cup.

Henry Fa'afili's position of choice is on the wing. He can also operate in the centres or in the second row.

Fa'afili is a New Zealand and Samoan international.

New Zealand Warriors

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

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 14th September 2007 against Salford City Reds. The Wolves won 34-26.

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. cite web|url=http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.bo-pb.com/actu_breve.php%3Fid%3D15916&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DHenry%2BFa%2527afili%2BBiarritz%2BOlympique%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG|title=The center Henry Fa' afili medical joker with the BOPB|publisher=Translation|date=2007-10-09|accessdate=2007-10-09] cite web|url=http://www.bo-pb.com/actu_temoignage.php?id=16018&cat=Témoignages&PHPSESSID=72ba39aa0eb30ccd2800c523ed70f650|title=Henry Fa'afili : heureux d'être à Biarritz|publisher=BOPB|date=2007-10-11|accessdate=2007-10-11]

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. cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7040216.stm|title=Fa'afili's league future in doubt|publisher=BBC|date=2007-10-11|accessdate=2007-10-11]

Fa'afili has since reneged on the deal and the matter is now in the hands of the Harlequins Rugby League legal representatives. cite web|url=http://harlequins.rlfans.com/|title=Fans Forum initiative starts brightly|publisher=Send In The Clowns|date=2007-12-20|accessdate=2007-12-20] He is however free to play for the French side at this moment. Henry will not play for Harlequins RL in 2008.

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.

References

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

External links

* [http://www.warringtonwolves.com/profiles/faafili.html Henry Fa'afili Official Player Profile]
* [http://nzrl.sitesuite.ws/page/henry_faafili.html NZRL Profile]