Jack Afamasaga

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Jack Afamasaga
Personal information
Full name Jack Taualii Afamasaga
Date of birth June 2, 1984 (1984-06-02) (age 24)
Place of birth Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 106 kg (16 st 10 lb)
Nickname(s) Skuks
School(s) Waiopehu College
Relatives Ma'a Nonu
Youth clubs
Years Club
Wellington Hurricanes
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2004–2006
2007–		 Parramatta
Manly		 11 (0)
0 (0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Jack Taualii Afamasaga (born June 2, 1984 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League competition. He also played with the Parramatta Eels for several seasons. His position of choice is in the Second Row.

Afamasaga is a cousin of Hurricanes and All Blacks player Ma'a Nonu[1].

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[edit] Childhood and early career

Born in Lower Hutt, Wellington Afamasaga originally began playing Rugby union in his youth, playing for the 1st XV team at Waiopehu College in Levin (the same High school attended by former All Black Carlos Spencer) and working his way up through several representative teams before he was eventually selected by the Wellington Hurricanes in their schoolboy team.

After playing several seasons in the Hurricanes youth system playing in the centres Afamasaga was spotted by Parramatta Eels rugby league scout Mark Horo in 2002 at the age of eighteen and was signed to the Australian club on a development deal.

[edit] Parramatta Eels

He began playing in the junior grades at the Parramatta club during the 2003 season, impressing with his skill, power and pace. Afamasago made his first grade debut during the 2004 season against the Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval. He then went on to play five games for the club and showed glimpses of the great potential he possessed[2] eventually going on to win the Eric Grothe Rookie of the Year award.

During the next two seasons with the club Afamasaga continued to make progress for the Eels, going on to play another six games but could not hold down a permanent first grade position.

[edit] Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Afamasaga was offered a new deal at the Eels at the completion of the 2006 NRL season but signed for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles instead, deciding to chase a regular first grade spot.

[edit] Career playing statistics

[edit] Point scoring summary

Games Tries Goals F/G Points
11 1 - - 0

[edit] Matches played

Team Matches Years
Parramatta Eels 11 2004 - 2006
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2007 - present

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. "Interview with Jack Afamasaga", by Ben Horne 27/12/2006, retrieved February 12, 2007
  2. "Jack Afamasaga profile", 1 Eyed Eel, retrieved February 12, 2007