South Sydney Rabbitohs In Round 10 of
2003 NRL season Fa'alogo made his
NRL début for the Rabbitohs against the
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. In 2006, Fa'alogo made his international début for
New Zealand against
Australia in the
ANZAC Test. He played in 4 more games at the end of the season. In 2006, he won the
George Piggins Medal as South Sydney's best and fairest player of the season. Fa'alogo was selected to play for the
New Zealand national team at lock forward in the 2007
ANZAC Test loss against
Australia. In Round 25 of the
2007 NRL season, Fa'alogo was sin binned against the
Sydney Roosters after punching Roosters player
Braith Anasta, which resulted in a seven-week suspension from the
NRL Judiciary. In 2008, he was sent home from a club trip to
Florida, United States, and fined $10,000 after punching a member of the public at a taxi rank. in 2008 Fa'alogo was again selected for the ANZAC Test again in 2008. In August 2008, Fa'alogo was named in the
New Zealand training squad for the
2008 Rugby League World Cup, and in October 2008, he was named in the final 24-man
Kiwi squad. Fa'alogo played in the New Zealand team that defeated
Australia in the final of the 2008 World Cup to claim New Zealand's first title. In September 2009, he punched coach
Jason Taylor during end of season celebrations, knocking him to the ground. He was reportedly provoked by Taylor's 'rough horseplay' and had his contract terminated due to the incident.
Huddersfield Giants In May 2009, Fa'alogo signed a four-year contract with
Super League club
Huddersfield Giants starting in 2010. In 2011, Fa'alogo was selected in the inaugural
Exiles squad for the
International Origin match against
England at
Headingley. He was again selected to play for the Exiles in 2012.
Newcastle Knights On 3 October 2012, Fa'alogo signed a one-year contract with the
Newcastle Knights starting in 2013. On 22 May 2013, Fa'alogo re-signed with the Newcastle club on a one-year contract. In October 2013, Fa'alogo was selected for
Samoa in their
2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign. He featured in all four of the Samoans' games at the Tournament. In May 2014, Fa'alogo captained
Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International. He led
New Zealand to a 32–16 win and a place in the
2014 Four Nations. On 8 September 2014, Fa'alogo was selected for the
Samoa Four Nations train-on squad. On 7 October 2014, Fa'alogo was selected in the
Samoa national rugby league team Final 24-man squad for the 2014 Four Nations series. On 31 October 2014, Fa'alogo re-signed with the Knights on a 1-year contract. On 8 August 2015, Fa'alogo announced his immediate retirement from rugby league due to a neck injury. He finished having played 198 games in the NRL. However, in 2016, he extended his career by joining the
Ipswich Jets in the
Queensland Cup. ==References==