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Birth name | Hunter Oikoumeme Paisami | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 April 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Savai'i, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb; 201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Mangere College and Pakenham Secondary College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hunter Paisami (born 10 April 1998) is a Samoa-born Australian rugby union player who plays for the Reds in the Super Rugby competition. [1] His position of choice is centre. [2]
Paisami joined the Reds ahead of the 2020 Super Rugby season, and made his debut for Australia at the end of the 2020 season. [3]
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Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2018 | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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