Personal information | ||||||
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Born | 28 July 1975 | |||||
Height | 180cm | |||||
Weight | 95kg | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Centre, Five-eighth, Lock | |||||
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Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1994 | Counties Manukau | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
1996 | Counties Manukau | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
Total | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
Western Samoa |
Gus Maietoa-Brown (born 28 July 1975) is a former rugby league player who represented Western Samoa.
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A Manurewa and Papakura junior, Maietoa-Brown first attracted interest from the Brisbane Broncos.[1] However by 1994 he was playing for the Counties Manukau Heroes in the Lion Red Cup.[2] He was signed with the Auckland Warriors in 1995 but never played a first grade game for the club and was released in June 1996.[3][4] He scored two tries in the 1996 Lion Red Cup grand final, being part of the Counties Manukau side that lifted the trophy.
While playing for the Eastern Tornadoes in 1999, Malietoa-Brown represented Auckland South.[5]
He played for the Mt Albert Lions in the 2004 Bartercard Cup. Malietoa-Brown later played club games for the Manurewa Marlins in the Auckland Rugby League competition, including in 2011.
Maietoa-Brown was a Samoan international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
Gus is from the Malietoa family and is the grandson of late Head of State of Samoa, His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II. Gus is also first cousins to both Nigel and Joe Vagana.He has a daughter who was born around when he played for the warrious.
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