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Fainga'a signs an early extension to his contract
By Online Editors
Wallabies hooker Folau Fainga’a has put pen to paper on a contract extension to see him remain with the Brumbies and Rugby Australia until the end of 2022.
The 24-year-old enjoyed a breakout year in 2019 after finishing the Super Rugby season as the Brumbies top try-scorer with 12 five-pointers, just three tries behind competition leader Sevu Reece.
Fainga’a only made his Super Rugby debut last year but he quickly impressed national selectors to earn his first Test cap just five months later against New Zealand at Eden Park.
Qantas Wallabies hooker Folau Fainga’a said: “I am very happy to have been able to sign an early extension to my contract and am looking forward to achieving my rugby goals with both the Brumbies and the Wallabies,” Fainga’a commented.
“It’s great to have my immediate future sorted early and I am aiming to build on a personally successful 2019 season which went well for me.
“I love the culture and the environment at the Brumbies and am confident that we have a quality group of players here who can be very successful,” Fainga’a said.
It’s been a rapid rise for Fainga’a who was working as a concreter just two years ago and now has 12 Test caps to his name, in what’s a hotly contested hooking position.
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It certainly needs to be cherished. Despite Nick (and you) highlighting their usefulness for teams like Australia (and obviously those in France they find form with) I (mention it general in those articles) say that I fear the game is just not setup in Aus and NZ to appreciate nor maximise their strengths. The French game should continue to be the destination of the biggest and most gifted athletes but it might improve elsewhere too.
I just have an idea it needs a whole team focus to make work. I also have an idea what the opposite applies with players in general. I feel like French backs and halves can be very small and quick, were as here everyone is made to fit in a model physique. Louis was some 10 and 20 kg smaller that his opposition and we just do not have that time of player in our game anymore. I'm dying out for a fast wing to appear on the All Blacks radar.
But I, and my thoughts on body size in particular, could be part of the same indoctrination that goes on with player physiques by the establishment in my parts (country).
Go to commentsHis best years were 2018 and he wasn't good enough to win the World Cup in 2023! (Although he was voted as the best player in the world in 2023)
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