New Zealand and Samoa international rugby league footballer
For the Roman Catholic bishop in Papua New Guinea, see Francis Meli (bishop).
Francis Meli
Personal information
Full name
Francis Meli
Born
(1979-04-27) 27 April 1979 (age 45) Apia, Western Samoa
Playing information
Height
188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight
100 kg (15 st 10 lb)[1]
Position
Wing, Centre
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1998–05
New Zealand Warriors
110
60
0
0
240
2006–13
St Helens
223
145
0
0
580
2014
Salford Red Devils
19
14
0
0
56
Total
352
219
0
0
876
Representative
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
2000–10
Samoa
7
2
0
0
8
2001–04
New Zealand
14
6
0
0
24
2011–12
Exiles
3
4
0
0
16
Source: [2][3]
Francis Meli (born 27 April 1979) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Samoa and New Zealand international representative centre or winger, he played in the National Rugby League for New Zealand club, Auckland Warriors before playing in the Super League for English clubs, St Helens and Salford.[2]
^"Meet the Teams First Team Players". web page. Saints RFC. 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
^ ab"Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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minutes to blow the Bulldogs away, eventually winning 48–22. Winger FrancisMeli scored five tries, a finals record. This prompted Graham Lowe, a known...
the opposition's quarter of the field where they swung the ball out to FrancisMeli to score on the left wing. Foster missed the sideline conversion attempt...
play in the Super League and National Leagues in Britain, including FrancisMeli, Ta'ane Lavulavu of Workington Town, Maurie Fa'asavalu of St Helens,...
Maori, the late Eddie Poching managed the team and the introduction of FrancisMeli to Samoan Rugby League and Junior Papalii a loyal American Samoan Representative...
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Winger 23 Ben Jones-Bishop 3 Michael Shenton Centre 27 Zak Hardaker 5 FrancisMeli Centre 12 Carl Ablett 22 Jamie Foster Winger 5 Ryan Hall 25 Lee Gaskell...
Adam Blair Simon Mannering Benji Marshall George Keppa George Carmont FrancisMeli Misi Taulapapa Ben Te'o Matt Utai Nigel Vagana Jon Steel Oliver Wilkes...
Gidley Centre 3 Clinton Toopi 4 Willie Talau Centre 4 Keith Senior 5 FrancisMeli Winger 5 Lee Smith 6 Leon Pryce Stand Off 6 Danny McGuire 7 Sean Long...
Jamie Lyon Centre 4 Sid Domic 4 Willie Talau Centre 3 Kirk Yeaman 5 FrancisMeli Winger 5 Gareth Raynor 6 Leon Pryce Stand Off 13 Paul Cooke 7 Sean Long...
24= Adam Swift St Helens, Hull F.C., Huddersfield 2012–present 133 24= FrancisMeli St Helens, Salford 2006–2014 133 26 Sean Long Wigan, St Helens, Hull...
Matthew Gidley Centre 19 Carl Ablett Willie Talau Centre 4 Keith Senior FrancisMeli Winger 2 Scott Donald Leon Pryce Stand Off 6 Danny McGuire Sean Long...
May Wayne McDade Josh McGuire Jerry Meafou Kelly Meafua Keven Mealamu FrancisMeli Jonathan Meredith Steve Meredith Liam Messam Dom Michael Brad Mika Constantine...
3 Matthew Gidley 4 Keith Senior CE 18 Kyle Eastmond 5 Ryan Hall WG 5 FrancisMeli 6 Danny McGuire SO 6 Leon Pryce 7 Rob Burrow SH 7 Sean Long 8 Kylie Leuluai...
Carlaw 3 Centre 3 Shannon Hegarty Clinton Toopi 4 Centre 4 Justin Hodges FrancisMeli 5 Wing 5 Anthony Minichiello Motu Tony 6 Five eighth 6 Brad Fittler (c)...
Liava'a (Tonga), Monty Betham, Henry Fa'afili, Joe Galuvao, Vae Kololo, FrancisMeli, Jerry Seuseu (Samoa), Terry Hermansson, Wairangi Koopu, Odell Manuel...
in reserve-grade rugby, playing on the wing in place of the injured FrancisMeli, where he kicked eight goals from as many attempts in a 56–16 win over...
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Fletcher, Paul King. Coach: Shaun McRae New Zealand: David Vaealiki, FrancisMeli, Nigel Vagana, Clinton Toopi, Henry Fa'afili, Motu Tony, Lance Hohaia...
sides put in some huge tackles with a notable one coming from the Exiles FrancisMeli on England's Sam Tomkins. The mistakes continued until the Exiles loose...
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