| Date of birth | 20 June 2001 | ||||||||||
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| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb; 14 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||
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Motu Opetai (born 20 June 2001) is a Samoan rugby sevens player.
Opetai made his international sevens debut during the Singapore leg of the 2021–22 Sevens Series. [1] He competed for Samoa at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [2] [3]
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