Gus_Malietoa-Brown
Gus Malietoa-Brown
Western Samoa international rugby league footballer
Gus Mailetoa-Brown (born 28 July 1975) is a former Western Samoa international rugby league footballer.
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| Born | (1975-07-28) 28 July 1975 (age 48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Five-eighth, Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Manurewa and Papakura junior, Mailetoa-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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
Mailetoa-Brown was a Samoan international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
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. Gus attended De La Salle College in Auckland.
- 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.
- Andrew Sanders (23 June 1996). "'Disappointing' former Kiwi cut by Warriors". Sunday Star-Times – via EBSCOHost.
- Jessup, Peter (16 March 1999). "Rugby League: Injury gives Hoppe a starting chance". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2011.