Asipau Mafi

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Asipau Mafi
Personal information
Born (1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 27)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 St George Illawarra 3 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Prime Minister's XIII 2 1 0 0 4
As of 3 November 2020
Source: RLP

Asipau Mafi (born 28 October 1993) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for and captains the Wests Panthers in the QRL Women's Premiership.

Primarily a prop, she is a Queensland and Prime Minister's XIII representative and played for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Playing career[]

In 2012, Mafi began playing rugby league for the Aspley Devils. Prior to rugby league, she played Australian rules football.[1]

In 2017, Mafi made her debut for Queensland in their 6–22 loss to New South Wales.[2]

In June 2018, Mafi represented South East Queensland at the Women's National Championships.[3] On 29 July 2018, she signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.[4] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons in their 4–30 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[5]

On 6 October 2018, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII, scoring a try in their 40–4 win over Papua New Guinea.[6] On 11 October 2019, she again represented the Prime Minister's XIII, coming off the bench in a 22–14 win over Fiji.[7]

In 2020, she captained the Wests Panthers in the inaugural season of the QRL Women's Premiership.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Code-hopping Dragon Asipau Mafi loving life in women's NRL". The Daily Telegraph. 18 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Queensland Women's team announced". NRL. 8 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Dragons sign Queensland Origin trio for Women's Premiership". St George Illawarra Dragons. 30 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Late mail: Women's Premiership (Round 1)". St George Illawarra Dragons. 9 September 2018.
  6. ^ "13 Dragons named in Prime Minister's XIII squads". St George Illawarra Dragons. 26 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Prime Minister's XIII v Fiji teams, how to watch". NRL. 11 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Fast five with Asipau Mafi". QRL. 27 April 2020.

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