Asipau Mafi

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.

Asipau Mafi
Personal information
Born (1993-10-28) 28 October 1993
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 St George Illawarra 3 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Prime Minister's XIII 2 1 0 0 4
As of 3 November 2020
Source: RLP

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

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
  1. "Code-hopping Dragon Asipau Mafi loving life in women's NRL". The Daily Telegraph. 18 September 2018.
  2. "Queensland Women's team announced". NRL. 8 June 2017.
  3. "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  4. "Dragons sign Queensland Origin trio for Women's Premiership". St George Illawarra Dragons. 30 July 2018.
  5. "Late mail: Women's Premiership (Round 1)". St George Illawarra Dragons. 9 September 2018.
  6. "13 Dragons named in Prime Minister's XIII squads". St George Illawarra Dragons. 26 September 2018.
  7. "Prime Minister's XIII v Fiji teams, how to watch". NRL. 11 October 2019.
  8. "Fast five with Asipau Mafi". QRL. 27 April 2020.
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