Asipau Mafi
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| Born | 28 October 1993 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 3 November 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Code-hopping Dragon Asipau Mafi loving life in women's NRL". The Daily Telegraph. 18 September 2018.
- ^ "Queensland Women's team announced". NRL. 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Dragons sign Queensland Origin trio for Women's Premiership". St George Illawarra Dragons. 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Late mail: Women's Premiership (Round 1)". St George Illawarra Dragons. 9 September 2018.
- ^ "13 Dragons named in Prime Minister's XIII squads". St George Illawarra Dragons. 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Prime Minister's XIII v Fiji teams, how to watch". NRL. 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Fast five with Asipau Mafi". QRL. 27 April 2020.