Alafoti Fa'osiliva (born 28 October 1985) is a rugby union player for English club Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership and in the national Samoa team.

Early life

Fa'osiliva grew up in the village of Afega, situated on the central north coast of Upolu island. He attended the local Sagaga Primary School followed by neighbouring Leulumoega College. In 2004, at the age of 19, he was selected for the Samoa Under 21 team. He also plays for the national Samoa national rugby union team.

Alafoti Fa'osiliva

Club career

Faosiliva joined Bristol in the summer of 2012. He made his first start in the RFU Championship game against London Scottish on 29 November 2012 at the Memorial Stadium.

Alafoti Fa'osiliva

After leaving Bristol, Fa'osiliva joined Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership for the 2013/14 season. On 13 May 2016 it was confirmed he had been released from Bath due to a recent guilty plea for assault and consequent suspended custodial sentence.

Alafoti Fa'osiliva

On 2 August 2016, Faosiliva signed for local rivals Worcester Warriors from the 2016–17 season, following his release from Bath. This was followed by a move to Championship club Bedford Blues in the 19–20 season. He is now lead player coach at Chippenham RFC.

International career

Fa’osiliva was part of the Samoa national rugby sevens team that won the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. He was nominated for the 2010 IRB International Sevens Player of the Year alongside team captain Lolo Lui and Mikaele Pesamino. He represented the Samoa 15s team during the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

References

External links

Official Samoa Rugby Union website

Living people

Samoan rugby union players

1985 births

Male rugby sevens players

Samoa international rugby union players

Samoan expatriate rugby union players

Expatriate rugby union players in France

Expatriate rugby union players in England

Samoan expatriate sportspeople in France

Samoan expatriate sportspeople in England

RC Toulon players

Bristol Bears players

Samoa international rugby sevens players

People from Tuamasaga

2015 Rugby World Cup players

Rugby union flankers

Rugby union number eights