Semo Sititi Explained

Semo Sititi
Birth Name:Lemalu Semo Sititi
Birth Place:Moto'otua, Samoa
Weight:105NaN
Children:Wallace Sititi (son)
School:St Joseph's College, Samoa.
Ru Position:Flanker, Number 8
Ru Amateuryears:1990–1999
2000–2001
Ru Amateurclubs:Marist St Joseph
Marist St Pats
Ru Nationalteam:Samoa
Pacific Islanders
Ru Nationalyears:1999–2009
2004–2006
Ru Nationalcaps:59
4
Ru Nationalpoints:(85)
(0)
Ru Clubyears:2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2009
Ru Proclubs:Wellington
Cardiff
Borders
Newcastle
Borders
NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes
Ru Clubcaps:13
15
28
22
20
Ru Clubpoints:(5)
(10)
(25)
(5)
(5)
Super14:Hurricanes
Super14years:2000
Super14caps:5
Super14points:(0)
Birth Date:6 March 1974
Repsevensyears1:1994–2005
Ru Coachyears:2014–
Ru Coachclubs:Samoa U20

Semo Sititi (born 6 March 1974) is a rugby union footballer in Samoa. He was born in Motootua.

Career

He is a flanker and currently plays for Ricoh in Japan, having previously played for Celtic League side Border Reivers and Manu Samoa internationally. He made his test debut in 1999 against Japan in Apia, Samoa. Of Manu Samoa's squad of 30 at the 1999 Rugby World Cup Sititi was the only one based in Samoa.

Sititi took over the role of captain of Samoa when Pat Lam retired after the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup. He has also skippered the Samoa 7s team, including a trip to the 2001 Rugby World Cup 7s in Argentina. In 2000, he won a Super 12 contract with the Wellington Hurricanes, making five appearances, he also played 13 times for Wellington in the National Provincial Championship scoring one try.

In 2002 he joined Cardiff and then Borders in Scotland, where he played for two seasons and then signed for the Newcastle Falcons and later returned to Borders in 2005. He played in the 2003 Rugby World Cup and scored a try against the eventual champions England. Semo is Samoa's third most capped player.

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