{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Des Maea |fullname = |image = |image_size = |caption = |position = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|3|22|df=y}}<ref name="rothmans">{{cite book|last1=Fletcher|first1=Raymond|last2=Howes|first2=David|title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997|date=27 March 1997 |publisher=Headline|location=London|isbn=978-0-7472-7764-4|page=80}}</ref> |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |height = |weight = |club1 = Sheffield Eagles |year1start = 1990 |year1end = 92 |appearances1 = |tries1 = |goals1 = |fieldgoals1 = |points1 = |club2 = Counties Manukau |year2start = 1994 |year2end = |appearances2 = 21 |tries2 = 9 |goals2 = 0 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 36 |club3 = Hunslet Hawks |year3start = 1995 |year3end = 96 |appearances3 = |tries3 = |goals3 = |fieldgoals3 = |points3 = |teamA = Western Samoa |yearAstart = 1995 |yearAend = |appearancesA = 1 |triesA = 0 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 0 |source = <ref name=rlp>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/des-maea/summary.html Des Maea] ''rugbyleagueproject.org''</ref> |retired = yes |new = yes }}
'''Des Maea''' (born 22 March 1969) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer.
He played for the Sheffield Eagles in 1993 and in 1994 returned to New Zealand to play for the Counties Manukau Heroes in the Lion Red Cup where he played in 21 matches, scoring 9 tries for the club.<ref name=CM>''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.106</ref><ref>Richard Becht. ''A New Breed Rising: The Warriors Winfield Cup Challenge''. Auckland, HarperCollins, 1994. {{ISBN|1-86950-154-3}} p.85.</ref> He played for the Mangere East Hawks in the Auckland Rugby League competition.<ref name=p128>''New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.128</ref>
Des Maea was a Samoan international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. He was in the Auckland Warriors squad for the 1995 Rugby League World Sevens but never played a first grade game for the club.<ref>[http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/res/wsevens.htm#1995%20Squads Sevens match details] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720090431/http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/res/wsevens.htm#1995%20Squads |date=2006-07-20 }} ''The Vault''</ref> He played 15 Lion Red Cup games for their Colts team in 1995.<ref>''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.89</ref> He also played for the Hunslet Hawks between 1995 and 1996.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104732/http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/res/wcup1995.htm World Cup 1995 details] *[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/des-maea/summary.html Profile] at Rugby League Project
{{Western Samoa 1995 Rugby League World Cup squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maea, Des}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Samoa national rugby league team players Category:Samoan rugby league players Category:Counties Manukau rugby league team players Category:Sheffield Eagles (1984) players Category:Hunslet R.L.F.C. players Category:Mangere East Hawks players Category:Auckland rugby league team players Category:Otahuhu Leopards players Category:New Zealand people of Samoan descent Category:Sportspeople of Samoan descent Category:New Zealand rugby league players Category:New Zealand expatriate rugby league players in England