Semo Sititi

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Semo Sititi
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Birth nameLemalu Semo Sititi
Date of birth (1974-03-06) 6 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Moto'otua, Samoa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
SchoolSt Joseph's College, Samoa.
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number 8
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1990–1999 Marist St Joseph ()
2000–2001 Marist St Pats ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2000–2001 Wellington 13 (5)
2001–2002 Cardiff 15 (10)
2002–2004 Borders 28 (25)
2004–2005 Newcastle 22 (5)
2005–2006 Borders 20 (5)
2006–2009 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes ()
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2000 Hurricanes 5 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1999–2009 Samoa 59 (85)
2004–2006 Pacific Islanders 4 (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
1994–2005 Samoa 7s
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2014– 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 last played 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.