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{{Infobox rugby biography | image = SPO-RUGBY-REDS21-CAV 3418.jpg | caption = Mafi in 2021 | birth_name = Alekisio Joshua Mafi | birth_date ={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|11|7}} | birth_place = Brisbane, Australia | height = {{convert|177|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight ={{convert|107|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | ru_position = Hooker | ru_amateuryears = | ru_amateurclubs = | clubupdate = | ru_nationalyears = | ru_nationalteam = | ru_nationalcaps = | ru_nationalpoints = | ru_ntupdate = | ru_sevensnationalyears = | ru_sevensnationalteam = | ru_sevensnationalcomp = | school = St Joseph's College, Nudgee | university = | ru_currentteam = Suntory Sungoliath | years1 = 2015–2019 | clubs1 = Queensland Country | apps1 = 16 | points1 = 0 | years2 = 2016–2022 | clubs2 = Reds | apps2 = 60 | points2 = 65 | years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = NTT Shining Arcs | apps3 = 6 | points3 = 10 | years4 = 2023–2024 | clubs4 = Rebels | apps4 = 21 | points4 = 20 | years5 = 2024– | clubs5 = Suntory Sungoliath | apps5 = 1 | points5 = 0 | ru_clubupdate = 8 June 2024 }}
'''Joshua Alekisio Mafi''' born 7 November 1996 in Brisbane, Australia, is an Australian rugby union player who plays at Hooker for Queensland Reds in Super Rugby.
==Career== After three years of First XV experience at St. Joseph's Nudgee College from 2012 to 2014, Bond University awarded him the John Eales Rugby Scholarship to help keep him in Gold Coast rugby.{{cn|date=July 2025}}
During the 2015 Season playing for Bond University, he signed for Queensland Country for the 2015 National Rugby Championship.<ref name="2015 Bond University Queensland Country Squad Announced Ahead Of Buildcorp NRC">{{cite press release | url=http://www.redsrugby.com.au/News/NewsArticles/tabid/581/ArticleID/15875/2015-Bond-University-Queensland-Country-squad-announced-ahead-of-Buildcorp-NRC.aspx | title=2015 Bond University Queensland Country Squad Announced Ahead of Buildcorp NRC | publisher=Reds | date=7 August 2015 | access-date=7 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808055347/http://www.redsrugby.com.au/News/NewsArticles/tabid/581/ArticleID/15875/2015-Bond-University-Queensland-Country-squad-announced-ahead-of-Buildcorp-NRC.aspx | archive-date=8 August 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Mafi earned himself a contract with the Queensland Reds for 3 years starting in 2016.<ref name="Queensland Rugby Union Secures Six More ST.George Queensland Reds Ahead Of 2016 Season">{{cite press release | url=http://www.redsrugby.com.au/News/NewsArticles/tabid/581/ArticleID/15804/Queensland-Rugby-Union-secures-six-more-St-George-Queensland-Reds-ahead-of-2016-season.aspx | title=Queensland Rugby Union Secures Six More ST.George Queensland Reds Ahead of 2016 Season | publisher=Reds | date=28 July 2015 | access-date=28 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302173917/http://www.redsrugby.com.au/News/NewsArticles/tabid/581/ArticleID/15804/Queensland-Rugby-Union-secures-six-more-St-George-Queensland-Reds-ahead-of-2016-season.aspx | archive-date=2 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Super Rugby statistics==
{{updated|3 June 2023}}<ref name="Player Statistics">{{cite web | url=https://www.itsrugby.co.uk/players/alex-mafi-35628.html | title=Player Statistics | work=its rugby | access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; line-height:90%; font-size:95%; width:70%;" |- ! Season !! Team !! Games !! Starts !! Sub !! Mins !! Tries !! Cons !! Pens !! Drops !! Points !! Yel !! Red |- | 2017 || {{Rut|Reds}} || 8 || 1 || 7 || 139 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 |- | 2018 || {{Rut|Reds}} || 13 || 1 || 12 || 370 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 0 || 0 |- | 2019 || {{Rut|Reds}} || 16 || 11 || 5 || 790 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 |- | 2020 || {{Rut|Reds}} || 7 || 6 || 1 || 547 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 |- | 2020 AU || {{Rut|Reds}} || 5 || 0 || 5 || 150 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 |- | 2021 AU || {{Rut|Reds}} || 9 || 4 || 5 || 397 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 30 || 0 || 0 |- | 2021 TT || {{Rut|Reds}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2022 || {{Rut|Reds}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 120 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2023 || {{Rut|Rebels}} || 13 || 11 || 2 || 634 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 0 || 0 |- !colspan="2"|Total || 73 || 36 || 37 || 3,147 || 17 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 85 || 0 || 0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Tokyo Sungoliath squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mafi, Alex}} Category:Australian rugby union players Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Rugby union hookers Category:Queensland Country (NRC team) players Category:Rugby union players from Brisbane Category:Queensland Reds players Category:Urayasu D-Rocks players Category:Melbourne Rebels players Category:Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan Category:Bond University alumni Category:Australian people of Tongan descent Category:Sportspeople of Tongan descent Category:People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee Category:Tokyo Sungoliath players Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen