Seina Saito Explained

Height:	1.64 m
Weight:	73 kg
Ru Position:	Flanker
Clubs1:	Mie Pearls
Points1:	0
Superyears1:	2024
Super1:	Chiefs Manawa
Superapps1:	0
Superpoints1:	0
Repcaps1:	40
Reppoints1:	0

Seina Saito (born 30 May 1992) is a Japanese rugby union and rugby sevens player. She plays flanker for the Japan women's national rugby union team. She competed at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.

Career

In 2015, she had a short stint in Christchurch as part of an International Rugby Programme where she played for Canterbury University.^[1] She competed at the 2016 Asia Rugby Women's Championship.^[2] She later captained the Japanese squad to the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland.^{[3] [4]}

Saito scored a try for Japan in their historic clash against the Black Ferns at Eden Park ahead of the World Cup in 2022. She competed at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup that was held in New Zealand.^[5]

Saito played for Mie Pearls.^[6] On 28 November 2023, it was revealed that she had signed with the Chiefs Manawa for the 2024 Super Rugby Aupiki season.^{[7] [8]}

References

1. Web site: Goile . Aaron . 2024-03-09 . 'So proud': Japan captain's groundbreaking Super Rugby Aupiki move . 2024-04-11 . www.stuff.co.nz.
2. Web site: Asia Rugby Womens Championship 2016 . 2023-06-26 . Asia Rugby .
3. Web site: 2022-10-21 . Japan Women team announcement v Italy . 2023-06-25 . ultimaterugby.com .
4. Web site: Seina Saito, our employee, will appear in the Rugby World Cup . sws.co.jp.
5. Web site: 2022-10-22 . Japan Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – Japan 8-21 Italy . 2023-06-25 . Rugby World .
6. Web site: ＰＥＡＲＬＳ（パールズ） . 2023-06-25 . mie-pearls.com.
7. Web site: 2023-11-28 . Chiefs Manawa squad announced for 2024 . 2023-12-22 . Chiefs . en.
8. Web site: 2023-11-28 . Sky Super Rugby Aupiki squads locked in for 2024 . 2023-12-22 . superrugby.co.nz . en-GB.