Gus Malietoa-Brown
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 28 July 1975 | |||||
| Height | 180cm | |||||
| Weight | 95kg | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Centre, Five-eighth, Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| 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.
Playing career
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.
Representative career
Maietoa-Brown was a Samoan international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
Personal life
Malietoa-Brown, grew up in Manurewa and is the grandson of Malietoa Tanumafili II. Malietoa-Brown is also first cousins to both Nigel and Joe Vagana.
References
- ↑ Richard Becht. A New Breed Rising: The Warriors Winfield Cup Challenge. Auckland, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 1-86950-154-3 p.182.
- ↑ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.94
- ↑ Richard Becht. A New Breed Rising: The Warriors Winfield Cup Challenge. Auckland, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 1-86950-154-3 p.76.
- ↑ `Disappointing' former Kiwi cut by Warriors Sunday Star-Times, 23 June 1996
- ↑ Jessup, Peter (16 March 1999). "Rugby League: Injury gives Hoppe a starting chance". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2011.