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Lome Fa'atau

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Lome Fa’atau (Samoa – wing)

Club:

Marist St Patrick’s, Wellington

Born:

23 Nov 1975 in Wellington, NZ

Height:

1m 84 (6’1")

Weight:

92kg

Test debut: 2000 v Fiji in Apia

15 caps, 4 tries

Graceful winger with ample Super 12 experience easily recognisable by his heavily tattoed thighs.

Plenty of try-scoring feats in the NPC too for Wellington and Taranaki.

Made his Test debut in Samoa’s 2000 Epson Cup winning team.

Also played 7s for Manu Samoa in 2001.

He was Taranaki’s leading try-scorer in 2000, and has scored 22 tries for the Wellington Lions in just 31 games.

He has scored eight tries in 27 Super 12 games for the Hurricanes and Chiefs.

His hobbies include reading, music, surfing and watching movies.

His younger brother Ene Fa’atau played loose forward for Manu Samoa.

 

Grew up in NZ

Relatives that were Samoa reps:

Ene Fa’atau (younger brother) - loose forward

Teams:

1999, 2001-03 Wellington NPC (31 games, 22 tries)
2000 – Taranaki NPC (union’s leading try-scorer with 7)
2002-03 – Hurricanes S12 (15 games, 5 tries)
2003 – Manu Samoa World Cup team
2004 – Chiefs S12 (12 games, 3 tries)

Hobbies:

Reading, Music, Surfing, watching movies

Best Rugby memory:

Making Manu Samoa team

Worst rugby memory:

losing games

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