Saia Makisi Explained

Saia Makisi
Birth Date:1981 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height:1.94abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Weight:110abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Club1:Cronulla Sharks
Year2start:2005
Year2end:06
Year3start:2006
Club4:Whitehaven
Year4start:2008
Appearances4:24
Points4:44
Club5:AS Carcassonne
Year5start:2008
Teama:Tonga
Yearastart:2002
Yearaend:06
Appearancesa:6
Triesa:1
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:4
Updated:10 January 2021

Saia Makisi (born 26 November 1981) is a Tongan rugby league footballer who plays for Villegailhenc-Aragon XIII in the Elite Two Championship.

Playing career

Saia has represented Tonga in six International games between 2002 and 2006 and scored a try against Cumbria in 2006.[1] [2]

Saia played for the New Zealand Residents sevens Team in the World Sevens competition in Australia in 2004 and was immediately signed up by Cronulla Sharks.He played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the 2005 and 2006 NSWRL Premier League before signing for the Western Suburbs Magpies in the NSWRL Premier League and the Chester Hill Rhinos in the 2007 Jim Beam Cup.[3] [4]

He signed a twelve-month contract for Whitehaven for the 2008 National League One season. He left the club in September 2008, joining AS Carcassonne in France.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130505131335/http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/no-whitehaven-return-for-saia-makisi-1.730111?referrerPath=sports No Whitehaven return for Saia Makisi
  2. http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/haven-hopeful-on-return-for-makisi-1.541491?referrerPath=haven_2_1964 Haven hopeful on return for Makisi
  3. http://www.rleague.com/db/player/m/makisi_saia/index.php Saia Makisi
  4. http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=27724 CHESTER HILL EDGE OUT THE ENTRANCE IN JIM BEAM CUP THRILLER
  5. http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/haven/1.245932 Tongan Saia Makisi quits Whitehaven rugby for France