Pete Samu

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Pete Samu
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Full namePeter Samu
Date of birth (1991-12-17) 17 December 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)
School Cranbourne Secondary College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number 8
Current team Union Bordeaux Begles
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013 Randwick 13 (35)
– Moorabbin Rams ()
Correct as of 16 July 2022
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–2017 Tasman 40 (65)
2016–2018 Crusaders 33 (40)
2018–2019 Canberra Vikings 10 (10)
2019–2023 Brumbies 69 (70)
2023-td Union Bordeaux Begles 29 (30)
Correct as of 12 January 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018– Australia 22 (5)
Correct as of 16 July 2022

Peter Samu (born 17 December 1991) is an Australian professional rugby union player who is currently a loose forward for the Union Bordeaux Begles in the French Top14 competition. He has represented Australia in international rugby. After several seasons playing in Australia and England, Samu gained his professional career breakthrough in New Zealand, firstly with Tasman in the Mitre 10 Cup and then the Crusaders in Super Rugby. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Samu attended Cranbourne Secondary College. [4] He first made his way in rugby playing for Moorabbin Rugby Club in his juniors before moving interstate to Brisbane and playing a handful of games in the first grade for Sunnybank Rugby. Samu played minimal first grade rugby in Brisbane, due to Wallabies (at the time) Jake Shatz and Liam Gill.[ citation needed ]

Professional career

In 2012, Samu moved to Sydney to play for Randwick where he played majority of his rugby in premier division for the Shute Shield. He played a strong season in 2012 and won the most valuable player of the year award for the Shute Shield competition.[ citation needed ] Samu also had two-year stint in England playing local club rugby for St. Ives from 2010. He later moved to New Zealand in 2014 and began playing for Waimea Old Boys in the Tasman club rugby competition. [3]

Tasman and Crusaders

Samu first made the Tasman squad for the 2014 ITM Cup and helped himself to 4 tries in 9 games as the Mako reached the competition's final before losing out to Taranaki. The following year, the men from Nelson reached the semi-finals of the 2015 ITM Cup with Samu once more playing 9 times while this time bagging 5 tries before scoring 3 times in 11 games in 2016 when the Makos were again defeated finalists, this time going down to Canterbury. [5]

Samu played for the Crusaders Knights development team in 2015 and was named as their player of the year before being promoted to their senior squad ahead of the 2016 Super Rugby season. [6] With competition for places tough among a star-studded Crusaders line-up which featured the likes of Kieran Read and Matt Todd, it was perhaps unsurprising that Samu only made 4 substitute appearances during his debut season. He was retained in the squad for 2017. [3]

Wallabies and Brumbies

On 29 May 2018, Samu joined the Brumbies for the 2019 Super Rugby season with the possibility of a Wallabies call-up. [7] [8]

Union Bordeaux Begles

Samu signed for Union Bordeaux Begles ahead of the 2023 Top14 season. He scored 5 tries for UBB in his first season witht the club. [9]

Statistics

As of 25 December 2016  [5]
SeasonTeamGamesStartsSubMinsTriesConsPensDropsPointsYelRed
2016 Crusaders 404931000500
2017 Crusaders 157862250002500
2018 Crusaders 145954720001000
Total331221126280004000

List of international test tries

As of 3 July 2022 [10]

TryOpposing teamLocationVenueCompetitionDateResultScore
1Flag of England.svg  England Perth, Australia Optus Stadium 2022 England rugby union tour of Australia 2 July 2022Win30 - 28

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References

  1. ↑ "Peter Samu Tasman Player Profile". Makos Rugby. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Crusaders 2017 Squad Guide" (PDF). All Blacks.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Pete Samu Crusaders Player Profile". Crusaders Rugby. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  4. ↑ RA & the private schoolboy image ABC News 14 June 2023
  5. 1 2 "Peter Samu itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Crusaders sign Makos flanker Pete Samu". Makos Rugby. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Australian-born Crusaders flanker Peter Samu signs with Brumbies, set for Wallabies call-up". Daily Telegraph . 29 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Rugby-Samu joins Brumbies ahead of mooted Wallabies berth". Reuters . 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Pete SAMU - Équipe première - Union Bordeaux Bègles Officiel (UBB Rugby)". www.ubbrugby.com (in French). 3 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Pete SAMU profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
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