{"id":733478,"date":"2026-06-13T06:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/733478\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T06:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:42:10","slug":"state-of-origin-2026-tino-faasuamaleauis-father-fereti-passes-away-after-battle-with-illness-expected-to-play-for-queensland-maroons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/733478\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Origin 2026: Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui\u2019s father Fereti passes away, after battle with illness, expected to play for Queensland Maroons"},"content":{"rendered":"

The father of Titans captain Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui has sadly passed away after a battle with illness.<\/p>\n

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Fareti Fa\u2019asuamaleaui was 56 years old.<\/p>\n

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The tragic news was confirmed via a statement by the Gold Coast Titans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gold Coast Titans extend our deepest condolences to captain Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui and the entire Fa\u2019asuamaleaui family following the passing of Tino\u2019s father, Fereti,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

\u201cA beloved member of the Titans family, Fereti was an inspiration for his three children \u2013 Olivia, Tino and Iszac \u2013 alongside loving wife Dianne. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur thoughts and prayers are with entire Fa\u2019asuamaleaui family at this incredibly difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fa\u2019asuamaleaui didn\u2019t travel with the Maroons to Melbourne on Friday, instead staying behind in Queensland to be with his family in Gympie. <\/p>\n

Maroons coach Billy Slater faced the media in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon to provide a brief statement, where he revealed that Fa\u2019asuamaleaui will bravely play in Game II as Queensland aim to save the series.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUnfortnately this morning we received the sad news that Fereti Fa\u2019asuamaleaui had passed away,\u201d Slater said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of myself, this footy team and the state of Queensland, our love and condolences go to the Fa\u2019asuamaleaui family.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough Tino has already indicated to myself that his wishes are to play on Wednesday night, I think we can all appreciate the importance of Tino to be with his family right now and that would be his priority and he\u2019ll be given every bit of time that he needs with his family.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the second time in two years the Maroons\u2019 camp has been rocked by family tragedy just days out from a Origin fixture.<\/p>\n

Before last year\u2019s decider, Cam Munster\u2019s father Steven sadly passed away. Munster lined up for the Maroons, leading his state to a series win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The father of Titans captain Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui has sadly passed away after a battle with illness. Watch every…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,689,11170,119146,4567,306716,354728,763,2105,4612,160315,49777,354727,31727,647,761,762,673,13392,158,677,701,13385,38704,85,50180,71090,670,224237,52510,660],"class_list":["post-733478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-billy-slater","tag-cam-munster","tag-cameron-munster","tag-family-tragedy","tag-fereti","tag-fox-league","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast-titans","tag-gympie","tag-injury-worries","tag-key-injury-updates","tag-key-players","tag-melbourne","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-new-south-wales","tag-new-south-wales-blues","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-queensland","tag-queensland-maroons","tag-series-win","tag-sports","tag-statement-read","tag-steven","tag-sydney","tag-team-doctor","tag-thomas-flegler","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}