1. Fa'amanu Brown was born on 24 December 1994 and is a professional rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker for the St George Illawarra Dragons and has represented Samoa and New Zealand at international level.
27 Facts About Fa'amanu Brown
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Fa'amanu Brown previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Wests Tigers and Newcastle Knights in the NRL, Hull FC in the Super League, and Featherstone Rovers in the RFL Championship.
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Fa'amanu Brown attended and graduated from Endeavour Sports High School.
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In 2012, Brown was signed by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and started out in their S G Ball Cup team.
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Fa'amanu Brown then played for the Sharks' NYC team from 2012 to 2014.
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On 14 February 2014, Fa'amanu Brown was selected for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks inaugural 2014 NRL Auckland Nines squad.
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Fa'amanu Brown was selected to play for Samoa against Fiji in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International test, but withdrew due to injury.
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On 5 June 2014, Fa'amanu Brown re-signed with the Sharks on a 3-year contract, two days before his NRL debut.
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Fa'amanu Brown finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 11 matches and scoring a try for the Sharks in the 2014 NRL season.
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On 9 September 2014, Fa'amanu Brown was selected for the New Zealand and Samoa 2014 Four Nations train-on squads, but didn't make the final 24 man squads for both teams.
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On 31 January and 1 February, Fa'amanu Brown played for the Sharks in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines.
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On 7 May, Fa'amanu Brown made his international debut for Samoa against Tonga in the 2016 Polynesian Cup, where he played at five-eighth and kicked 3 goals in a man-of-the-match performance.
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Fa'amanu Brown spent most of the season with foundation club and feeder side to Cronulla, The Newtown Jets, where he was part of the side that made it to the preliminary final before losing to eventual premiers Illawarra.
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On 17 May 2017, Fa'amanu Brown signed a two-year deal with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
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On 28 July 2017, Fa'amanu Brown started for Cronulla against the New Zealand Warriors and scored a try, but was later taken from the field after suffering a head collision.
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Fa'amanu Brown made his debut for Canterbury-Bankstown in Round 3 against the Penrith Panthers.
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Fa'amanu Brown made a total of 9 appearances in 2018 as Canterbury spent the entire season down towards the foot of the table.
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Fa'amanu Brown played in Canterbury's Intrust Super Premiership NSW grand final victory over his former club Newtown at Leichhardt Oval.
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Fa'amanu Brown only made 3 appearances for Canterbury in the 2019 NRL season.
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For most of 2019, Fa'amanu Brown played for Canterbury's reserve grade team in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition.
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Fa'amanu Brown played for Featherstone in their 2021 Million Pound Game defeat against Toulouse Olympique.
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On 5 November, Fa'amanu Brown signed a contract to join NRL side Wests Tigers for the 2022 season.
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On November 5,2021, it was confirmed Fa'amanu Brown had joined the Wests Tigers via his Instagram story.
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Fa'amanu Brown played a total of 13 games for the Wests Tigers in the 2022 NRL season as the club claimed the Wooden Spoon for the first time.
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In October Fa'amanu Brown was named in the Samoa squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.
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Fa'amanu Brown made his club debut for Hull FC against arch-rivals Hull Kingston Rovers in round 1 of the 2024 Super League season.
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On 11 September 2024, it was announced that Fa'amanu Brown would depart St George Illawarra at the end of the season after not being offered a new contract.