# Des Maea

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{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer}}
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|name           = Des Maea
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|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>
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|club1          = [Sheffield Eagles](/source/Sheffield_Eagles_(1984))
|year1start     = 1990
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|club2          = [Counties Manukau](/source/Counties_Manukau_Heroes)
|year2start     = 1994
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|appearances2   = 21
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|club3          = [Hunslet Hawks](/source/Hunslet_R.L.F.C.)
|year3start     = 1995
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|teamA          = [Western Samoa](/source/Western_Samoa_national_rugby_league_team)
|yearAstart     = 1995
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|source         = <ref name=rlp>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/des-maea/summary.html Des Maea] ''rugbyleagueproject.org''</ref>
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'''Des Maea''' (born 22 March 1969) is a New Zealand former professional [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer.

He played for the [Sheffield Eagles](/source/Sheffield_Eagles_(1984)) in 1993 and in 1994 returned to New Zealand to play for the [Counties Manukau Heroes](/source/Counties_Manukau_rugby_league_team) in the [Lion Red Cup](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Mangere_East_Hawks) in the [Auckland Rugby League](/source/Auckland_Rugby_League) competition.<ref name=p128>''New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98'', [New Zealand Rugby Football League](/source/New_Zealand_Rugby_Football_League), 1998. p.128</ref>

Des Maea was a [Samoan](/source/Samoa_national_rugby_league_team) international and played at the [1995 Rugby League World Cup](/source/1995_Rugby_League_World_Cup). He was in the [Auckland Warriors](/source/Auckland_Warriors) squad for the 1995 [Rugby League World Sevens](/source/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](/source/Lion_Red_Cup) games for their Colts team in 1995.<ref>''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995'', [New Zealand Rugby Football League](/source/New_Zealand_Rugby_Football_League), 1995. p.89</ref> He also played for the [Hunslet Hawks](/source/Hunslet_R.L.F.C.) between 1995 and 1996.

==References==
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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}}

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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

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