Chris Feauai-Sautia


Chris Feauai-Sautia is an Australian professional rugby union footballer. He plays for the Queensland Reds in and his usual position is Wing, but can also play in the Centre.

Early life

Of Samoan heritage, Feauai-Sautia was born in Auckland but moved to Brisbane with his family as a youngster.
Feauai-Sautia was educated at Brisbane State High School, finishing in 2011. He played rugby for the Australian Schoolboys three years in a row from 2009 to 2011.
Currently he is tied with Hugh Roach as the most capped Australian Schools player, with two more caps than the next highest, Quade Cooper and Kurtley Beale.
Feauai-Sautia was selected for the Australian U-20 team to play in the 2012 Junior World Cup in South Africa.

Super Rugby

In 2012 Feauai-Sautia was promoted to the 30-man playing roster for the Reds. He made his Super Rugby debut for the Reds against the Lions at Lang Park on 19 May 2012, coming off the bench five minutes after half time and scoring a try four minutes later.
In the following fixture against the Rebels he made his run-on debut in place of the injured Digby Ioane, scoring the game's opening try.