Lopeti Faifua

Faifua is an imposing lock, standing at 198cm tall, who joined the Force prior to the 2023 Toyota Challenge in South Africa. Melbourne-born Faifua previously played five Super Rugby games for the Reds in 2022 and 2023. He was in the 2022 Junior Wallabies squad for the Oceania Rugby Under-20s Championship. Faifua, who has a Samoan father and Maori mother, attended rugby-based Saint Kentigern College in Auckland and played for the Blues Under-18's side. His go-to karaoke song is the last rap battle in the movie ‘8 Mile’.