Masada Iosefa

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Iosefa in 2013

Masada Iosefa (26 January 1988 – 25 January 2021) was a Samoan professional rugby league player. He played as a hooker. He played for the Penrith Panthers and Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL). He also played for the Samoan national team.

Iosefa was born in Motoʻotua, Samoa. He moved to Australia at a young age. After his playing career, he was a youth worker in Rockhampton, Queensland.[1]

On 25 January 2021, the day before his 33rd birthday, Iosefa died in a quad bike accident in Herbert, a rural locality of Darwin, Northern Territory.[2]

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  1. "Former NRL player dies in Top End quad bike crash". The Courier-Mail. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. The Mole (26 January 2021). "Former Penrith and Tigers hooker Masada Iosefa dies after quad bike accident". Nine Network. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

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