Samuela Anise | |
Fullname: | Samuela Lagilagi Anise |
Birth Date: | 1986 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Suva, Fiji |
Height: | 1.98m (06.5feet) |
Weight: | 118kg (260lb) |
School: | Suva Grammar School |
University: | Fiji National University |
Position: | Lock |
Currentclub: | Toshiba Brave Lupus |
Years1: | 2016–2019 |
Clubs1: | Canon Eagles |
Apps1: | 43 |
Points1: | 15 |
Years2: | 2019-2023 |
Clubs2: | Shizuoka Blue Revs |
Years3: | 2023- |
Clubs3: | Toshiba Brave Lupus |
Repyears1: | 2016–2018 |
Repcaps1: | 12 |
Reppoints1: | 10 |
Clubupdate: | 20 February 2020 |
Repupdate: | 20 February 2020 |
is a Fijian-born, Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a lock.[1] He currently plays for the Shizuoka Blue Revs in Japan's domestic Japan Rugby League One.[2] [3]
Anise signed for Top League side, the Canon Eagles ahead of the 2016-17 season and instantly established himself as a regular starter with his new side.[4]
After only 9 Top League games, Anise received his first call-up to his adopted country, Japan's senior squad ahead of the 2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals. He debuted in the number 5 jersey in new head coach, Jamie Joseph's first game, a 54–20 loss at home to .[1]